那男孩連自己的名字也不會寫。

The boy could not so much as write his own name.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 那 Nā surname Na
=1 那 Nuó surname Nuo
=1 那 nǎ variant of 哪 nǎ
=1 那 nà
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=1 那 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of 挪 nuó
2 男孩 nánhái boy

classifier: 個
=3 連 Lián surname Lian
=3 連 lián
  1. to link
  2. to join
  3. to connect
  4. continuously
  5. in succession
  6. including
  7. (used with 也 yě, 都 dōu etc) even
  8. company (military)
4 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=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 名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)

classifier: 個
7 也不 yěbù
  1. neither
  2. nor
=8 會 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)
=8 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=8 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
=9 寫 xiě to write
=9 寫 xiè used in 寫意 xièyì