Indexing Matters

不必花那麼多時間

不必花那...

不必花那麼多時間

buˊ biˋ hua ˉ naˋ me˙ duo ˉ shiˊ jian ˉ

(Don't need to)

Don't need to spend so much time

不必 buˊ biˋ

(Doesn't have to, Doesn't need to)

Doesn't need to, Doesn't have to

花 hua ˉ

(Blossom, Fancy, Flower, Spend)

Flower, Blossom, Spend, Fancy pattern

那麼 naˋ me˙

(So then, That, Then)

So then, Then, That

那麼多

naˋ me˙ duoˉ

(So many, So much, Too many)

So many, So much, Too many

時間 shiˊ jianˉ

(Time)

Time

不

Infix, No, Non, None, Not, Not able to, Un, Without

No, Not, Non, None, Not able to, Un, Without, Infix Used To Indicate Inability

必

Certainly, Must, Necessary, Will

Must, Certainly, Necessary, Will

花

Blossom, Fancy, Flower, Spend

Flower, Blossom, Spend, Fancy pattern

那

How, In that, That, Then, Those, Which

Then, That, Which, Those, In that case, How

麼

Interrogative, What, Why

What?, (Ma2), Why, What, (Ma5), Interrogative, (Mo2)

多

Lot, Many, More than, Much, Numerous, Too much

Many, Much, More than, A lot, Numerous, Too much

時

At that time, Epoch, Era, Fashionable, Season, Sometimes, Time

Time, At that time, Fashionable, Sometimes, Era, Season, Epoch

間

Among, Between, Crevice, Division, Gap, Interval, Room, Space

Space, Room, Between, Among, Interval of time, (Jian4), Division, Gap, Crevice

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