Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              plural suffix for pronouns
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              face
            
            
              side
            
            
              surface
            
            
              aspect
            
            
              top
            
            
              classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
            
            
              dimension
            
            
              on one side
            
            
              to face
            
            
              superficial
            
            
              personally
            
            
              façade
            
            
              extent
            
            
              range
            
            
              scale
            
            
              scope
            
            
              to meet
            
            
              to confront
            
            
              directly
            
            
              one's face
            
            
              respect
            
            
              reputation
            
            
              honour
            
         
        
                     
            
              of
            
            
              ~'s (possessive particle)
            
            
              (used after an attribute)
            
            
              (used to form a nominal expression)
            
            
              (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
            
            
              truly
            
            
              really
            
            
              indeed
            
            
              target
            
            
              to lift up
            
            
              few
            
            
              small
            
            
              to fetch
            
            
              to move
            
            
              to get
            
            
              to pick up
            
            
              to force
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
            
            
              ...right?
            
            
              ...OK?
            
            
              ...I presume
            
         
        
                     
            
              to see
            
            
              to look at
            
            
              to read
            
            
              to watch
            
            
              to visit
            
            
              to call on
            
            
              to consider
            
            
              to regard as
            
            
              to depend on
            
            
              to feel (that)
            
            
              (after verb) to give it a try
            
            
              Watch out! (for a danger)
            
            
              to consult a doctor
            
            
              to judge
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
            
            
              neither
            
            
              either
            
            
              even
            
            
              as well
            
            
              still
            
            
              likewise
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              same as否 (dated used in old text only), not 
            
            
               no 
            
            
               negative prefix 
            
            
               a final particle
            
         
        
                     
            
              short
            
            
              brief
            
            
              to lack
            
            
              weak point
            
            
              fault
            
            
              deficient
            
            
              lacking
            
            
              shortcomings
            
            
              mistakes
            
            
              to owe
            
            
              unwise
            
            
              inadequate
            
            
              insufficient
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              history
            
            
              annals
            
            
              title of an official historian in ancient China
            
            
              chronicle
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
            
            
              (completed action marker)
            
            
              to finish
            
            
              to end
            
            
              to settle
            
            
              a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
            
            
              a verb particle indicating possibility
            
            
              to put in
            
            
              to take away
            
            
              to escape 
            
            
               flee in secret
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              to go
            
            
              to go to (a place)
            
            
              to cause to go or send (sb)
            
            
              (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
            
            
              to be apart from in space or time
            
            
              (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
            
            
              (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
            
            
              (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed