Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 3 | 晚上 | wǎnshang |
classifier: 個 |
| 4 | 在 | zài |
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| =5 | 看 | kān |
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| =5 | 看 | kàn |
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| 6 | 電視 | diànshì | television; TV |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |