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
(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 think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to pull
to draw (a cart or a bow)
to roll up
to coil
to carry on the arm
to lament the dead
(fig.) to pull against
to recover
to pull back
clique
school
group
faction
to dispatch
to send
to assign
to appoint
sect
branch
style
a quantifier for a speech
scene
atmosphere
to criticize
to accuse
to censure
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
to end up (from any actions)
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
dog M: 只zhī [只]
条tiáo [条]
a pistol
a prison officer
damned
cursed
football
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
lever-knife
a sickle knife