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 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =3 | 這 | zhè |
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| =3 | 這 | zhèi | (coll.) this |
| 4 | 所 | suǒ |
classifier: 個 |
| 5 | 學校 | xuéxiào |
school classifier: 所 |
| =6 | 的 | de |
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| =6 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =6 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =6 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =7 | 學生 | xuésheng |
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| =7 | 學生 | xuéshēng |
| =8 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =8 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =8 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |