Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =2 | 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.) |
| 3 | 必須 | bìxū |
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| 4 | 起床 | qǐchuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| =5 | 了 | le |
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| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
| =5 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =5 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |