Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 坐 | Zuò | surname Zuo |
| =2 | 坐 | zuò |
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| 3 | 在 | zài |
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| 4 | 椅子 | yǐzi | chair |
| =5 | 上 | shǎng | used in 上声 shǎngshēng |
| =5 | 上 | shàng |
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| 6 | 睡著 | shuìzháo | to fall asleep |
| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |