Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 已經 | yǐjīng | already |
| 3 | 好多 | hǎoduō |
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| =4 | 年 | Nián | surname Nian |
| =4 | 年 | nián |
year classifier: 個 |
| =4 | 年 | nián |
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| =5 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =5 | 沒 | mò |
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| 6 | 見到 | jiàndào | to see |
| 7 | 瑪麗 | Mǎlì |
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| =8 | 了 | le |
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| =8 | 了 | liǎo |
| =8 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =8 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |