你只給了我五十美分。

You gave me only fifty cents.

You only gave me fifty cents.

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 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=2 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=2 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=2 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=2 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=2 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=3 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=3 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
6 五十 wǔshí fifty
=7 美分 Měifēn one cent (United States coin)
=7 美分 měifēn
  1. United States cent
  2. short for 美分黨／美分党 (měifēndǎng)