孤兒們被帶到這間育幼院。

The orphans were taken to the orphanage.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 孤兒 ér orphan
=1 孤兒 gū'ér
  1. orphan (a minor whose father has died)
  2. orphan (a minor, both of whose parents have died)
2 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
=3 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=3
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=3
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=3 alternative form of
4 dài
  1. band
  2. belt
  3. girdle
  4. ribbon
  5. tire
  6. area
  7. zone
  8. region
  9. to wear
  10. to carry
  11. to take along
  12. to bear (i.e. to have)
  13. to lead
  14. to bring
  15. to look after
  16. to raise

classifier:

5 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
=6 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)
=6 zhèi (coll.) this
=7 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=7 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=7 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete) Used in place names.
  2. (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
  3. Used in place names.
  4. Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
8 育幼院 yòuyuàn orphanage