Sentence Composition
| 1 | 我 | wǒ |
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| =2 | 告訴 | gàosù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| =2 | 告訴 | gàosu | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| =3 | 過 | Guō | surname Guo |
| =3 | 過 | guò |
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| =3 | 過 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| =4 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =4 | 你 | nǐ | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 5 | 梅利莎 | Méilìshā | a transliteration of the English female given name Melissa |
| =6 | 說 | shuì | to persuade |
| =6 | 說 | shuō |
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| =6 | 說 | yuè |
| =6 | 說 | tuō |
| 7 | 的話 | dehuà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| =8 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =8 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =8 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |