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 | 知道 | zhīdào |
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| =3 | 它 | tā | it |
| =3 | 它 | tā | it (pronoun for an animal) |
| =3 | 它 | tuō |
| =3 | 它 | yí | only used in 它它 |
| =4 | 爲 | wéi | variant of 为 wéi |
| =4 | 爲 | wèi | variant of 为 wèi |
| 5 | 什麼 | shénme |
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| =6 | 會 | huì |
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| =6 | 會 | kuài | (bound form) to reckon accounts |
| =6 | 會 | kuò | only used in 會撮/会撮 |
| 7 | 發生 | fāshēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| =8 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =8 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =8 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |