Sentence Composition
| =1 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =1 | 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.) |
| 2 | 不可以 | bùkěyǐ | may not |
| =3 | 把 | bǎ |
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| =3 | 把 | bà | handle |
| =3 | 把 | pá |
| =4 | 它 | tā | it |
| =4 | 它 | tā | it (pronoun for an animal) |
| =4 | 它 | tuō |
| =4 | 它 | yí | only used in 它它 |
| 5 | 延遲 | yánchí |
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| 6 | 到 | dào |
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| 7 | 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| =8 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =8 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =8 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |