Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)
soft
mushy
well-cooked and soft
to rot
to decompose
rotten
worn out
chaotic
messy
utterly
thoroughly
crappy
bad
spoiled
decayed
bright coloured
cheesy
crummy
lacking style
to be addicted to
broken
damaged
incomplete
mashed
sodden
low quality
messy
very
extremely
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to throw
to fling
to swing
to leave behind
to throw off
to dump (sb)
to discard
to throw away
to lose
to get rid of
to cast away
to abandon
to wag (tail)
to know the mahjong tils by touch to know whether to keep or rid of it
to like
to love
to enjoy
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)