Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc
to step on
to tread
to stamp
to press a pedal
to pedal (a bike)
to walk on stilts
to propel oneself with the movement of feet
to search for
to belittle
to criticise harshly
to continuously work non-stop to try and finish something
to lose money in successive bets in gambling
to enter
to cross into (a territory)
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others