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 | 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| =3 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =3 | 沒 | mò |
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| 4 | 來 | lái |
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| 5 | 學校 | xuéxiào |
school classifier: 所 |
| =6 | 是 | shì |
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| =6 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |