Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
work
worker
skill
profession
trade
craft
labor
man-days
skilled
skillful
dextrous
good at
expert at
shift
time used in doing a piece of work
engineering or building project
defense work
fine
KangXi radical 48
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
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
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever