你準備好聽壞消息了嗎？

Are you ready for the bad news?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 準備 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
3 好聽 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
4 壞 huài
  1. bad
  2. spoiled
  3. broken
  4. to break down
  5. (suffix) to the utmost
5 消息 xiāoxi
  1. (piece of) news; information
  2. message

classifier: 條
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=7 嗎 má (coll.) what?
=7 嗎 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=7 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)