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 use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
to protect
to harbour
to take sides
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
to separate
to send away
to disperse
twelve earthly branches
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
frost
white powder or cream spread over a surface
frosting
(skin) cream
crystallized
candied
hoary
powdery