Sentence Composition
| 1 | 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 nǐ) |
| =2 | 已经 | yǐjīng | already |
| =2 | 已经 | yǐjìng | already |
| 3 | 去 | qù |
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| =4 | 过 | Guō | surname Guo |
| =4 | 过 | guò |
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| =4 | 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 5 | 纽约 | Niǔyuē | New York |
| =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 | 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 吗 | mǎ | used in 吗啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |