Sentence Composition
| 1 | 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 nǐ) |
| =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 | 星球 | xīngqiú | celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body |
| =4 | 長 | cháng |
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| =4 | 長 | zhǎng |
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| =4 | 長 | zhàng |
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| 5 | 什麼樣 | shénmeyàng | what kind?; what sort? |
| =6 | 呀 | yā |
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| =6 | 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |