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 | 知道 | zhīdào |
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| 3 | 現在 | xiànzài | now; at present; currently |
| 4 | 正在 | zhèngzài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 5 | 發生 | fāshēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| =6 | 甚 | shén | variant of 什 shén |
| =6 | 甚 | shèn |
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| =7 | 麼 | má | exclamatory final particle |
| =7 | 麼 | ma | interrogative final particle |
| =7 | 麼 | me | suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc |
| =7 | 麼 | mó |
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| =8 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =8 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =8 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |