Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              he 
            
            
               she 
            
            
               it (Cantonese)
            
            
              Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
            
         
        
                     
            
              spoken words
            
            
              speech
            
            
              talk
            
            
              words
            
            
              conversation
            
            
              what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种] 
            
            
               席xí [席] 
            
            
               句jù [句] 
            
            
               口kǒu [口] 
            
            
               番fān [番]
            
            
              to talk
            
            
              to speak
            
            
              to tell
            
            
              to advise
            
            
              to persuade
            
            
              to think
            
         
        
                     
            
              (Cantonese) to be
            
            
              to connect
            
            
              to relate to
            
            
              to tie up
            
            
              to bind
            
            
              to be (literary)
            
            
              to involve
            
            
              relation
            
            
              relationship
            
            
              consequence
            
            
              yes
            
            
              indeed
            
            
              right
            
         
        
                     
            
              (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
            
         
        
                     
            
              you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
            
            
              can be used to refer to an unspecified person
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              to stretch fingers out
            
            
              to grasp
            
            
              to seize
            
            
              to pick up with fingers
            
            
              handful, a quantifier
            
            
              to carry
            
            
              to hold
            
            
              to drive
            
            
              to make a decision
            
         
        
                     
            
              to punish
            
            
              to penalize
            
            
              penalty
            
            
              fine
            
            
              punishment
            
         
        
                     
            
              an ancient type of farming tool
            
         
        
                     
            
              sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt 
            
            
               reservation 
            
            
               emphasis 
            
            
               disapproval
            
            
              see also 嘅kài [嘅]