湯姆害怕待在洞穴裏。

Tom was afraid to stay in the cave.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 害怕 hàipà to be afraid; to be scared
=3 待 dāi to stay; to remain
=3 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
4 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 洞穴 dòngxué
  1. cave
  2. cavern
6 裏 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ