湯姆把黏土塑成了一個花瓶。

Tom worked the clay into a vase.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=2 把 bà handle
=2 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
3 黏土 niántǔ clay
4 塑 sù
  1. to model (a figure) in clay
  2. (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
5 成了 chéngle
  1. to be done
  2. to be ready
  3. that's enough!
  4. that will do!
=6 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=6 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
7 花瓶 huāpíng
  1. flower vase
  2. (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)