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 | 甚 | shén | variant of 什 shén |
| =2 | 甚 | shèn |
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| =3 | 麼 | má | exclamatory final particle |
| =3 | 麼 | ma | interrogative final particle |
| =3 | 麼 | me | suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc |
| =3 | 麼 | mó |
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| =4 | 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| =4 | 也 | yě |
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| =5 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| =5 | 沒 | mò |
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| =6 | 寫 | xiě | to write |
| =6 | 寫 | xiè | used in 写意 xièyì |