Sentence Composition
| 1 | 史密斯 | Shǐmìsī | Smith (name) |
| =2 | 先生 | xiānsheng |
classifier: 位 |
| =2 | 先生 | xiānshēng |
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| 3 | 不會 | bùhuì |
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| =4 | 說 | shuì | to persuade |
| =4 | 說 | shuō |
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| =4 | 說 | yuè |
| =4 | 說 | tuō |
| 5 | 英語 | Yīngyǔ | English (language) |
| =6 | 是 | shì |
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| =6 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |