<p>令 has the meaning of &quot;make&quot;</p>
<blockquote>
<p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌[令]我好壓抑</p>
<p>You sing by my ear side everyday [make] me very depress</p>
</blockquote>
<p>對 means &quot;to&quot;</p>
<blockquote>
<p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌, [對]我是一种折磨</p>
<p>You sing by my ear side everyday, [to] me is a kind of torture</p>
<p>You sing by my ear side everyday is a kind of torture [to] me</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Notice: &quot;令&quot;(make) is a verb. &quot;對&quot; (to) is a preposition</p>

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Tang Ho
<blockquote>
  <p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌 <strong>令</strong>我好壓抑。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>壓抑 is an adjective, so you can't use 對 here.  </p>

<p>令=make<br>
令 is followed by an adjective, eg壓抑<br>
.... makes me depressed</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌 <strong>對</strong>我 ☓好壓抑 ✓造成好大困擾</p>
</blockquote>

<p>對=cause...to<br>
對 is followed by a noun/phrase<br>
... causes trouble to me</p>

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wada
<p>令人 is a very common phrase.</p>

<p>令人：(used in conjunction with a verb) cause someone to (be, feel, etc)</p>

<p>令人不可思议
令人失望
令人出乎意料</p>

<p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌[令]我好壓抑。<br>
You singing in my ear every day is making me depressed.</p>

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Pedroski
<blockquote>
  <p>你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>In this statement, what is the function of 令？ and why is it not 對？ I was kind of expecting to see a “對” somewhere here. </p>

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2019-10-07T17:25:39.227Z
Hopefully this was not a comment on your singing
Stumpy Joe Pete
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No, it's definitely about MY singing!
Pedroski
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FYI 令 has the same function as standard Chinese (Mandarin)
dROOOze
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Function of 令 in 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑 (cantonese)
# Function of 令 in 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑 (cantonese)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-07)

> 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌令我好壓抑。

In this statement, what is the function of 令？ and why is it not 對？ I was kind of expecting to see a “對” somewhere here.

**Tags:** cantonese, nuance

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hopefully this was not a comment on your singing  
> **username_2**: No, it's definitely about MY singing!  
> **username_3**: FYI 令 has the same function as standard Chinese (Mandarin)  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-10-07. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

令 has the meaning of "make"

> 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌[令]我好壓抑
>
> You sing by my ear side everyday [make] me very depress

對 means "to"

> 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌, [對]我是一种折磨
>
> You sing by my ear side everyday, [to] me is a kind of torture
>
> You sing by my ear side everyday is a kind of torture [to] me

Notice: "令"(make) is a verb. "對" (to) is a preposition


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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-10-08. Score: 2

> 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌 **令**我好壓抑。

壓抑 is an adjective, so you can't use 對 here.

令=make  
令 is followed by an adjective, eg壓抑  
.... makes me depressed

> 你日日喺我耳邊唱歌 **對**我 ☓好壓抑 ✓造成好大困擾

對=cause...to  
對 is followed by a noun/phrase  
... causes trouble to me


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-10-07. Score: 1

令人 is a very common phrase.

令人：(used in conjunction with a verb) cause someone to (be, feel, etc)

令人不可思议
令人失望
令人出乎意料

你日日喺我耳邊唱歌[令]我好壓抑。  
You singing in my ear every day is making me depressed.


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