我有好消息要告訴你。

I have some good news for you.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=2 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=3 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=3 好 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
4 消息 xiāoxi
  1. (piece of) news; information
  2. message

classifier: 條
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 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
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=6 告訴 gàosù to press charges; to file a complaint
=6 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
=7 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=7 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.)