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 | 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| =2 | 要 | yào |
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| =2 | 要 | yǎo |
| =3 | 當 | dāng |
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| =3 | 當 | dàng |
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| 4 | 媽 | mā |
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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 |