約翰感覺到那黑漆漆的房間裏有鬼。

John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.

John felt like there were ghosts in the dark room.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
2 感覺到 gǎnjuédào
  1. to feel
  2. to sense
  3. to detect
  4. to perceive
  5. to become aware
=3 那 Nā surname Na
=3 那 Nuó surname Nuo
=3 那 nǎ variant of 哪 nǎ
=3 那 nà
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=3 那 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of 挪 nuó
4 黑漆漆 hēiqīqī
  1. (ideophonic) pitch-black
  2. pitch-black
=5 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 跑堂兒的 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
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 房間 fángjiān room

classifiers: 間, 個
7 裏 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
8 有鬼 yǒuguǐ
  1. (figuratively) there is something fishy
  2. there is something fishy