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 | 已经 | yǐjīng | already |
| =2 | 已经 | yǐjìng | already |
| 3 | 在 | zài |
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| =4 | 京都 | Jīngdū | Kyoto, Japan |
| =4 | 京都 | jīngdū | capital (of a country) |
| =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 | 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =6 | 吗 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =6 | 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |