Sentence Composition
| 1 | 山姆 | Shānmǔ | (name) Sam |
| =2 | 組 | Zǔ | surname Zu |
| =2 | 組 | zǔ |
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| =3 | 了 | le |
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| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =3 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| 4 | 學校 | xuéxiào |
school classifier: 所 |
| =5 | 的 | de |
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| =5 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =5 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =5 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 6 | 籃球隊 | lánqiúduì | basketball team |