Syntactical Differences
l Order of xian
                  versus                   
   wo3  xian1  zou3               ngo3  hang4   sin1
    I        first     go                   I          go        first
l Order of objects
               versus                 
   wo3 gei3 ta1  qian2         ngo3 bei2 qian4 keoi5
     I     give him money         I       give  money him