Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
empress
queen
sovereign
monarch
ruler
simplified form of後, behind, rear, after, descendants
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to