"我們吃爺爺吧。" 和"我們吃了吧, 爺爺。" 這兩個句子可以證明標點符號能讓句子有很大的不同。

The sentences "Let's eat grandpa." and "Let's eat, grandpa." are only one proof that punctuation can change a lot.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
=2 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=2 chī variant of chī
3 爺爺 ye (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
=4
  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 貼吧 tiē
=4 ba
  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.
=4 biā (onom.) smack!
=4 only used in 吧呀
=5 old variant of
=5 surname He
=5
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=5
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=5 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=5 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=5 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=5 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=5 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
6 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
=7 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=7 chī variant of chī
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
=9
  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 貼吧 tiē
=9 ba
  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.
=9 biā (onom.) smack!
=9 only used in 吧呀
10 爺爺 ye (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
=11 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=11 zhèi (coll.) this
=12 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=12 liàng Original form of (liàng).
=13 used in 自個兒 r
=13
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
14 句子 zi sentence

classifier:

15 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
16 證明 zhèngmíng
  1. proof
  2. certificate
  3. identification
  4. testimonial
  5. to prove
  6. to testify
  7. to confirm the truth of

classifier:

17 標點符號 biāodiǎnhào
  1. punctuation
  2. a punctuation mark
=18 Néng surname Neng
=18 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=18 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=18 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=18 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=18 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=18 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=18 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
19 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
20 句子 zi sentence

classifier:

=21 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=21 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
22 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=23
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=23 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=24 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=24 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=24 really and truly
=24 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
25 不同 tóng
  1. different
  2. distinct
  3. not the same
  4. not alike