玛丽要一打鸡蛋。

Mary wants a dozen eggs.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 一打 yīdá dozen
4 鸡蛋 jīdàn
  1. (chicken) egg
  2. hen's egg

classifiers: 個, 打