Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              most
            
            
              the most
            
            
              -est (superlative suffix)
            
            
              exceedingly
            
            
              extreme
            
         
        
                     
            
              deficiency
            
            
              lack
            
            
              scarce
            
            
              vacant post
            
            
              to run short of
            
            
              a position in government
            
            
              a shortcoming
            
            
              missing
            
            
              crippled
            
            
              cracked
            
            
              unscrupulous
            
            
              gap
            
            
              deficit
            
            
              defective
            
            
              to be absent from
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
            
            
              metropolitan
            
            
              gatherings union
            
            
              to meet
            
            
              to catch up
            
         
        
                     
            
              to speak
            
            
              to say
            
            
              to explain
            
            
              to scold
            
            
              to tell off
            
            
              a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
            
            
              to criticize
            
            
              to try to influence someone to do something
            
            
              to mean