Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(adjective) lucky; blessed; (adverb) luckily
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
a parapet
to look askance
to execute (a plan)
to grasp
father's friends
to hold
to keep to
to persist
stubborn
to coduct
to take charge of
to stick to
written acknowledgement
to catch
an intimate friend
to pick up
to pack up
to tidy up
to clean up
to correct
to revise
to close down
to go out of business
to beat up
to physically assault
to have sex with
to go bankrupt
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
flower
blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵]
支zhī [支]
束shù [束]
把bǎ [把]
盆pén [盆]
簇cù [簇]
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
a flowering plant
prostitute
prostitution
smallpox
multicolored
fireworks
to spend
to expend
stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank
disorderly
scratched
dirty
pre-sale
suffix related to a female