Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 問 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 3 | 瑪麗 | Mǎlì |
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| 4 | 她 | tā | she |
| =5 | 把 | bǎ |
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| =5 | 把 | bà | handle |
| =5 | 把 | pá |
| 6 | 鑰匙 | yàoshi |
key classifier: 把 |
| =7 | 放 | fàng |
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| =7 | 放 | fǎng |
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| 8 | 在 | zài |
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| 9 | 哪裡 | nǎlǐ |
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| =10 | 了 | le |
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| =10 | 了 | liǎo |
| =10 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =10 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |