Sentence Composition
| 1 | 他們 | tāmen | they; them |
| 2 | 從前 | cóngqián |
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| 3 | 住 | zhù |
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| =4 | 這 | zhè |
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| =4 | 這 | zhèi | (coll.) this |
| =5 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =5 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =5 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |