Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to receive
to answer (the phone)
to meet or welcome sb
to connect
to catch
to join
to extend
to take one's turn on duty
to take over for sb
to continue
to make contact with
to pick up
a surname
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
stick
club
cudgel
smart
capable
strong
wonderful
classifier for legs of a relay race
to hit
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
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
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
a parapet
to look askance