Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 3 | 到 | dào |
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| 4 | 波士頓 | Bōshìdùn | Boston, capital of Massachusetts |
| =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 |