Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 的 | de |
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| =2 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =2 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =2 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =3 | 朋友 | péngyou | friend |
| =3 | 朋友 | péngyǒu |
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| 4 | 們 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| =5 | 叫 | jiào |
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| =5 | 叫 | jiào | variant of 叫 jiào |
| 6 | 他 | tā |
| 7 | 財神爺 | cáishényé |
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