Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 跟 | gēn |
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| 3 | 瑪莉 | Mǎlì | a transliteration of the English female given name Mary |
| 4 | 不 | bù |
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| =5 | 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| =5 | 都 | dōu |
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| =5 | 都 | dū |
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| 6 | 加拿大人 | Jiānádàrén | Canadian person |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |