Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =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 | 朋友 | péngyou | friend |
| =3 | 朋友 | péngyǒu |
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| =4 | 大都 | Dàdū | Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing |
| =4 | 大都 | dàdōu |
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| =4 | 大都 | dàdū |
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| =5 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =5 | 沒 | mò |
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| =6 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =6 | 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.) |
| =7 | 高 | Gāo | surname Gao |
| =7 | 高 | gāo |
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