Sentence Composition
| =1 | 年 | Nián | surname Nian |
| =1 | 年 | nián |
year classifier: 個 |
| =1 | 年 | nián |
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| =2 | 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| =2 | 要 | yào |
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| =2 | 要 | yǎo |
| 3 | 到來 | dàolái |
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| =4 | 了 | le |
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| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =4 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |