Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 3 | 我 | wǒ |
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| =4 | 的 | de |
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| =4 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =4 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =4 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =5 | 遠 | yuǎn |
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| =5 | 遠 | yuàn | to distance oneself from (classical) |
| =6 | 亲 | qīn |
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| =6 | 亲 | qìng | parents-in-law of one's offspring |