Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to depend on
to comply with or listen to sb
according to
in the light of
to lean on
to rest on
this
these
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
woman who looks after small children
(old) female tutor
child's governess
matron
babysitter
nanny
housemaid
nursemaid
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this