Sentence Composition
| =1 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =1 | 你 | nǐ | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| =2 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =3 | 個 | gě | used in 自个儿 zìgěr |
| =3 | 個 | gè |
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| 4 | 很 | hěn |
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| 5 | 棒 | bàng |
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| =6 | 的 | de |
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| =6 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =6 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =6 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 7 | 畫家 | huàjiā |
painter classifier: 個 |
| 8 | 不是嗎 | bùshìma | isn't that so? |