汤姆不怎么会烧饭所以他经常出去吃。

Tom can't cook very well, so he often eats out.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 不怎么 bùzěnme
  1. not very
  2. not particularly
=3 会 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=3 会 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
4 烧饭 shāofàn
  1. (originally Wu) to cook food; to do the cooking
  2. to cook food; to do the cooking
5 所以 suǒyǐ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
6 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)
7 经常 jīngcháng
  1. frequently; constantly; regularly; often
  2. day-to-day; everyday; daily
8 出去 chūqù to go out
=9 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=9 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī