Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 是 | shì |
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| =2 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| =3 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =3 | 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.) |
| 4 | 的哥 | dīgē |
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| 5 | 哥 | gē | elder brother |