Sentence Composition
| 1 | 汤姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 3 | 等 | děng |
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| =4 | 了 | le |
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| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =4 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| =5 | 最 | zuì | variant of 最 zuì |
| =5 | 最 | zuì | old variant of 最 zuì |
| =5 | 最 | zuì |
| 6 | 长时间 | chángshíjiān | long time; long period of time |
| =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 | 人 | rén | person; people |