湯姆還不在這裡，但我們期待他很快就來。

Tom isn't here yet, but we expect him soon.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 還 Huán surname Huan
=2 還 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=2 還 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
=2 還 xuán
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
  4. alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  5. immediately
  6. nimble; agile
3 不在 bùzài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
4 這裡 zhèlǐ here
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
7 期待 qīdài
  1. to look forward to
  2. to await
  3. expectation
8 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)
9 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
10 快 kuài
  1. rapid
  2. quick
  3. speed
  4. rate
  5. soon
  6. almost
  7. to make haste
  8. clever
  9. sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. forthright
  11. plainspoken
  12. gratified
  13. pleased
  14. pleasant
11 就 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by 着 zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
12 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)