Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
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 moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
noisy
cacophonous
to make noise
to disturb
to vent (feelings)
to fall ill
to have an attack (of sickness)
to go in (for some activity)
to joke
to quarrel
to create confusion
to stir up trouble
to suffer from
to experience
to cause something to happen
to distinguish
noisy
spree
boisterousness
stormy
uproarious
to scold
to berate
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others