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Definition
To confer, award, or issue items or titles in an official capacity.
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How it's used
Formal contexts are the primary domain for this word, such as graduation ceremonies or official prize-giving events. It implies a sense of authority or institutional recognition, making it sound quite stiff if used for casual gift-giving between friends. Use 送 or 畀 instead for everyday situations.
Examples
The principal awarded him a certificate.
Do you know who is responsible for presenting the awards?
Related words
Common phrases
to award a scholarship
to issue a certificate
Common mistake
Learners often use this word for giving any item, but it is strictly reserved for formal awards, certificates, or titles. Using it to describe giving a birthday present or a snack to a friend sounds unnatural and overly dramatic.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
