Sentence Composition
| =1 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =1 | 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.) |
| 2 | 聽說 | tīngshuō |
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| =3 | 了 | le |
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| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =3 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| 4 | 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| =5 | 的 | de |
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| =5 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =5 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =5 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 6 | 火災 | huǒzāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |