你看完這本書要多少時間？

How long did it take you to finish reading that book?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=2 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=2 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
3 完 wán
  1. to finish
  2. to be over
  3. whole
  4. complete
  5. entire
=4 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=4 這 zhèi (coll.) this
5 本書 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=7 多少 duōshǎo
  1. number; amount
  2. somewhat
=7 多少 duōshao
  1. how much?; how many?
  2. (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
8 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time