Sentence Composition
| 1 | 我 | wǒ |
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| 2 | 现在 | xiànzài | now; at present; currently |
| =3 | 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| =3 | 要 | yào |
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| =3 | 要 | yǎo |
| 4 | 去 | qù |
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| 5 | 面包店 | miànbāodiàn |
bakery classifier: 家 |
| =6 | 了 | le |
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| =6 | 了 | liǎo |
| =6 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =6 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| =7 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =7 | 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.) |
| 8 | 想要 | xiǎngyào |
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| 9 | 什么 | shénme |
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| =10 | 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =10 | 吗 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =10 | 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |