Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 在 | zài |
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| =3 | 這 | zhè |
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| =3 | 這 | zhèi | (coll.) this |
| 4 | 以東 | yǐdōng | to the east of (suffix) |
| =5 | 三 | Sān | surname San |
| =5 | 三 | sān |
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| =6 | 哩 | lǐ | mile |
| =6 | 哩 | li | (modal final particle similar to 呢 ne or 啦 la) |
| =6 | 哩 | lī | used in 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā) and 哩哩囉囉/哩哩羅羅 (līliluōluō) |
| =7 | 的 | de |
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| =7 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =7 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =7 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| =8 | 地方 | dìfāng |
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| =8 | 地方 | dìfang |
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| 9 | 住 | zhù |
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