湯姆像是我們家庭的一員。

Tom was like a member of our family.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 像是 xiàngshì to seem as if; to appear
3 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
4 家庭 jiātíng
  1. family
  2. household

classifiers: 戶, 個
=5 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 一員 yīyuán a member (of an organization)