Sentence Composition
| 1 | 你們 | nǐmen | you (plural) |
| =2 | 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| =2 | 要 | yào |
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| =2 | 要 | yǎo |
| 3 | 米飯 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| =4 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =4 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =4 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |