Sentence Composition
| 1 | 他 | tā |
| 2 | 回家 | huíjiā | to return home |
| =3 | 的 | de |
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| =3 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =3 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =3 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 4 | 时候 | shíhou |
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| =5 | 已经 | yǐjīng | already |
| =5 | 已经 | yǐjìng | already |
| 6 | 十二点 | shí'èrdiǎn | twelve o'clock |
| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |