Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
reply
answer
return
respond
echo
to assent to
to repay
to reciprocate
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
how
which
where
what
whichever
whoever
whatever
how is it possible
an alternative form for 閒, idle