Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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 send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
(literary) to smile
to sneer
to display
to show off
to sunbathe
to sleep
to hide
to hide out
to stay