Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 為 | wéi |
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| =2 | 為 | wèi |
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| 3 | 他 | tā |
| =4 | 的 | de |
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| =4 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =4 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =4 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 5 | 老師 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 6 | 烤 | kǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| 8 | 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 9 | 餅乾 | bǐnggān | biscuit; cracker; cookie |