Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              to follow
            
            
              from
            
            
              it is for...to
            
            
              reason
            
            
              cause
            
            
              because of
            
            
              due to
            
            
              to
            
            
              to leave it (to sb)
            
            
              by (introduces passive verb)
            
            
              up to
            
            
              through
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              to go
            
            
              to take
            
            
              sentence-final interrogative particle
            
            
              variant of 于yú [于]
            
            
              in
            
            
              on
            
            
              at
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              commerce
            
            
              merchant
            
            
              dealer
            
            
              to consult
            
            
              2nd note in pentatonic scale
            
            
              quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
            
            
              to discuss
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              one
            
            
              single
            
            
              a (article)
            
            
              as soon as
            
            
              entire
            
            
              whole
            
            
              all
            
            
              throughout
            
            
              "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
            
            
              also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
            
            
              first (positional)
            
            
              one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
            
            
              a short duration (when used with a verb)
            
            
              each
            
            
              same
            
            
              dedicated
            
            
              from the start
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              gold
            
            
              chemical element Au
            
            
              generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
            
            
              money
            
            
              golden
            
            
              highly respected
            
            
              one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
            
            
              wealth
            
            
              weapons
            
            
              precious
            
            
              excellent
            
            
              durable
            
            
              name of a dynasty
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              KangXi radical 167
            
            
              a match 
            
            
               light 
            
            
               flame
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to avoid
            
            
              to shun
            
            
              to flee
            
            
              to escape
            
            
              to keep away from
            
            
              to leave
            
            
              to hide from
            
            
              to turn aside
            
            
              to hide
            
            
              to avert
            
            
              to prevent
            
            
              to repel
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              same as否 (dated used in old text only), not 
            
            
               no 
            
            
               negative prefix 
            
            
               a final particle
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              (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