Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
lit. to dig gold; meaning to look for easy ways to wealth or become rich
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
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
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
(of a woman) to marry
to marry off a daughter
to shift (blame etc)
to impute to another
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
an alternative form for the word太, too
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others