Sentence Composition
| 1 | 美國 | Měiguó | United States; USA; US |
| =2 | 的 | de |
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| =2 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =2 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =2 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 3 | 小孩 | xiǎohái |
child classifier: 個 |
| 4 | 聽 | tīng |
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| =5 | 著 | zhāo |
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| =5 | 著 | zháo |
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| =5 | 著 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| =5 | 著 | zhuó |
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| =5 | 著 | zhù |
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| 6 | 這些 | zhèxiē | these |
| 7 | 話 | huà |
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| 8 | 長大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |