Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to startle
to be frightened
to be scared
to be alarmed
scary
surprised
violent
furious
fierce
raging
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
tail
remainder
remnant
extremity
sixth of the 28 constellations
classifier for fish
end
the stern
the rear
the last
hair on a horse's tail
spikelets on a cricket's tail
a reprisal
bad consequences
loose ends
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
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to discontinue
apart
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval