鮑伯很少寫信給他的父母。

Bob seldom writes to his parents.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 鮑 Bào surname Bao
=1 鮑 bào abalone
=2 伯 bà variant of 霸 bà
=2 伯 bǎi one hundred (old)
=2 伯 bó
  1. father's elder brother
  2. senior
  3. paternal elder uncle
  4. eldest of brothers
  5. respectful form of address
  6. Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
3 很少 hěnshǎo seldom; rarely
4 寫信 xiěxìn to write a letter
=5 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=5 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
6 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)
=7 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 跑堂儿的 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
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 父母 fùmǔ father and mother; parents