Sentence Composition
| 1 | 他們 | tāmen | they; them |
| 2 | 懂得 | dǒngde | to understand; to know; to comprehend |
| =3 | 讀 | dòu |
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| =3 | 讀 | dú |
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| =4 | 這 | zhè |
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| =4 | 這 | zhèi | (coll.) this |
| =5 | 幾個 | jǐge |
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| =5 | 幾個 | jǐgè |
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| 6 | 字 | zì |
classifier: 個 |
| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |