Sentence Composition
| 1 | 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 2 | 他 | tā |
| 3 | 研讀 | yándú |
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| 4 | 英語 | Yīngyǔ | English (language) |
| =5 | 了 | le |
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| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =5 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| =6 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =6 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =6 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |