她把蘋果切成兩半。

She cut the apple in two.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
=2 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=2 把 bà handle
=2 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=3 蘋果 Píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
=3 蘋果 píngguǒ apple

classifiers: 個, 顆
=4 切成 qiēchéng
  1. to cut up (into pieces)
  2. to slice
  3. to carve
  4. to dice
  5. to shred
=4 切成 qièchéng to cut up (into pieces), to slice, to carve, to dice, to shred
5 兩半 liǎngbàn two halves; in two; in half