Sentence Composition
| 1 | 你好 | nǐhǎo | hello; hi |
| 2 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =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 | 什麼時候 | shénmeshíhou | when?; at what time? |
| 5 | 來的 | láide |