Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              this
            
            
              these
            
            
              (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
            
            
              the
            
            
              here
            
            
              now
            
            
              then
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              (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 use
            
            
              by means of
            
            
              according to
            
            
              in order to
            
            
              because of
            
            
              at (a certain date or place)
            
            
              consider as
            
         
        
                     
            
              holy
            
            
              sacred
            
            
              saint
            
            
              sage
            
            
              imperial
            
            
              noble
            
            
              master
            
            
              emperor
            
            
              form of address for the respected
            
         
        
                     
            
              cedar
            
            
              cypress
            
            
              Taiwan pr. [bó]
            
            
              surname
            
            
              part of a place name
            
         
        
                     
            
              virtue
            
            
              goodness
            
            
              morality
            
            
              ethics
            
            
              kindness
            
            
              favor
            
            
              character
            
            
              kind
            
            
              German
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              the Tak group, a sub-group of the 14K triad gang
            
         
        
                     
            
              to experience
            
            
              to undergo
            
            
              to pass through
            
            
              all
            
            
              each
            
            
              every
            
            
              history
            
            
              past
            
            
              successive
            
            
              all preceding
            
            
              one by one
            
            
              one after another
            
            
              to overstep
            
            
              all through
            
            
              all over
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              banner
            
            
              flag
            
            
              (in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗bāqí [八旗] eight banners
            
            
              administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县xiàn [县] county M: 面miàn [面]
            
            
              a term used by taxi driver to refers to a trip with a customer
            
            
              an opium pipe