Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 獨自 | dúzì | alone |
| =3 | 坐 | Zuò | surname Zuo |
| =3 | 坐 | zuò |
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| 4 | 在 | zài |
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| =5 | 門 | Mén | surname Men |
| =5 | 門 | mén |
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| =6 | 邊 | biān |
classifier: 個 |
| =6 | 邊 | bian | suffix of a noun of locality |
| =7 | 一個 | yīge |
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| =7 | 一個 | yīgè |
| 8 | 桌子 | zhuōzi |
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| =9 | 旁 | páng |
| =9 | 旁 | bàng |
| =9 | 旁 | péng | only used in 旁勃 |
| =9 | 旁 | bēng | only used in 旁旁 (bēngbēng) |