Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 當 | dāng |
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| =2 | 當 | dàng |
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| 3 | 教師 | jiàoshī |
teacher classifier: 個 |
| =4 | 約 | yāo | to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| =4 | 約 | yuē |
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| =5 | 有 | yǒu |
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| =5 | 有 | yòu |
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| 6 | 三十 | sānshí |
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| =7 | 年 | Nián | surname Nian |
| =7 | 年 | nián |
year classifier: 個 |
| =7 | 年 | nián |
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| =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 |