他想成为一名作家。

He wants to become a writer.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 成为 chéngwéi to become; to turn into
4 一名 yīmíng
  1. (literary) an alternate name
  2. an alternate name
  3. one person
5 作家 zuòjiā author

classifiers: 個, 位