菲律賓去年地震和海嘯造成了超過6000人的死亡。

Last year in the Philippines, earthquakes and tidal waves resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 people.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 菲律賓 Fēibīn the Philippines
2 去年 nián last year
3 地震 zhèn earthquake
=4 old variant of
=4 surname He
=4
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=4
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=4 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=4 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=4 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=4 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=4 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
5 海嘯 hǎixiào tsunami
6 造成 zàochéng to bring about; to create; to cause
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
8 超過 chāoguò
  1. to surpass
  2. to exceed
  3. to outstrip
9 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 死亡 wáng
  1. to die
  2. death