Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to revolve
to rotate
to spin
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
an ancient type of farming tool