Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
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
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper
(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 protect
to defend
to guard against
to prevent
embankmant
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
to shake
to vibrate
to jolt
to quake
excited
shocked
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing thunder
☳
tremor
quake
to shock
to crash
to frighten
pregnant
a final particle to express one's certainty in a decision
firmness
suggestion
argumentative mood
emphasis
noisy