我用英語和他說話，但是他聽不懂。

I spoke to him in English, but I couldn't make myself understood.

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Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
3 英語 Yīngyǔ English (language)
=4 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=4 和 Hé surname He
=4 和 hé
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=4 和 hè
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=4 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=4 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=4 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=4 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=4 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
5 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)
6 說話 shuōhuà
  1. to speak
  2. to say
  3. to talk
  4. to gossip
  5. to tell stories
  6. talk
  7. word
7 但是 dànshì but; however
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 聽不懂 tīngbudǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
=9 聽不懂 tīngbùdǒng to not understand (when listening)