Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
system
to control
to regulate
variant of 制zhì [制]
establish
overpower
three years of mourning for parents
standard
standardized
imperial
to limit
to agree (to a deal)
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)