Sentence Composition
| 1 | 为什么 | wèishénme |
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| =2 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =2 | 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.) |
| 3 | 不等 | bùděng |
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| 4 | 等 | děng |
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| 5 | 我 | wǒ |
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| 6 | 就 | jiù |
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| 7 | 开始 | kāishǐ |
classifier: 個 |
| =8 | 了 | le |
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| =8 | 了 | liǎo |
| =8 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =8 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |