他误认为我是一个英国人。

He took me for an Englishman.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 误认 wùrèn to mistake; to recognize one thing or person for another
3 为我 wèiwǒ
  1. "each one for himself" (the individualistic philosophy proposed by Yang Zhu)
  2. (Chinese philosophy) "each one for himself" (the individualistic philosophy proposed by Yang Zhu)
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=6 英国人 Yīngguórén British person; British people
=6 英国人 yīngguórén British person; Briton; British people