Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
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
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
(adj.) to describe a situation or something that is stable; a safe option; to describe someone you can count on; reliable; rock-steady
(adverb) there; over there (noun) there; that place; that point
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to discontinue
apart
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well