我想知道他姊姊發生了什麼事。

I wonder what happened to his sister.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
4 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)
5 姊姊 zǐzǐ
  1. older sister
  2. Taiwan pr. jiějie
6 發生 fāshēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
8 什麼事 shénmeshì
  1. What's up?; Is something the matter?
  2. (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關 guān + {person} + 什麼事 shénmeshì "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")