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 | 寫 | xiě | to write |
| =2 | 寫 | xiè | used in 写意 xièyì |
| 3 | 好報 | hǎobào | karmic reward (resulting from good deeds, in contrast to karmic retribution 恶报 èbào) |
| 4 | 告 | gào |
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| =5 | 了 | le |
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| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =5 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| =6 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =6 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =6 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |