汤姆(Tom)决定出家为僧。

Tom decided to become a monk.

Tom has decided to become a monk.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 T T (slang) butch (lesbian stereotype)
3
o
Not in lexicon.
4
m
Not in lexicon.
5 决定 juédìng
  1. to decide (to do something)
  2. to resolve
  3. decision
  4. certainly

classifiers: 個, 項
6 出家 chūjiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
=7 为 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=7 为 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=7 为 wéi variant of 為 wéi
=7 为 wèi variant of 為 wèi
8 僧 sēng (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 sēngqié)