Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 在 | zài |
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| 3 | 哪兒 | nǎr |
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| 4 | 買 | mǎi |
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| =5 | 的 | de |
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| =5 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =5 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =5 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 6 | 那個 | nàge |
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| 7 | 圍巾 | wéijīn |
classifier: 條 |
| =8 | 呀 | yā |
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| =8 | 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |