Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
道格拉斯
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Douglas
(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 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
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
multiple times; repeatedly
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