Sentence Composition
| 1 | 瑪莉 | Mǎlì | a transliteration of the English female given name Mary |
| =2 | 的 | de |
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| =2 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =2 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =2 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 3 | 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 4 | 學 | xué |
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| =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 |
| 6 | 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| =7 | 新 | Xīn |
| =7 | 新 | xīn |
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| 8 | 花樣 | huāyàng |
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