Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 不在 | bùzài |
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| =3 | 的 | de |
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| =3 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =3 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =3 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =4 | 時 | Shí | surname Shi |
| =4 | 時 | shí |
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| =5 | 侯 | Hóu | surname Hou |
| =5 | 侯 | hóu |
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| =5 | 侯 | hòu | used in 閩侯 Mǐnhòu (the name of a place in Fujian) |
| 6 | 我們 | wǒmen | we; us; ourselves; our |
| =7 | 才 | cái |
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| =7 | 才 | cái |
| 8 | 可以 | kěyǐ |
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