Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to breathe in
to sniff
sexy
to touch a woman in a sexual way
to win at gambling
cedar
cypress
Taiwan pr. [bó]
surname
part of a place name
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
an alternative form for the word厙,a surname
laughter
yawn
to breath out
to stoop
used in transliteration
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to chase after
to seek
to do one's utmost to seek or procure sth
to recall
to woo
to trace
to get to the bottom of
to do something retroactively
to keep gambling in the hope to recoup one's losses
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
to behead (as form of capital punishment)
to chop
to fight
attack with a chopper