我九岁的时候问我妈妈圣诞老人是否真的存在。

I was nine years old when I asked my mom if Santa Claus really existed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 九 jiǔ
  1. nine
  2. 9
=3 岁 suì
  1. variant of 岁 suì, year
  2. years old
=3 岁 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=4 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 跑堂儿的 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
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
6 问 wèn to ask; to inquire
7 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
8 妈妈 māma
  1. mama
  2. mommy
  3. mother

classifiers: 個, 位
9 圣诞老人 Shèngdàn Lǎorén Father Christmas; Santa Claus
10 是否 shìfǒu
  1. whether (or not)
  2. if
  3. is or isn't
=11 真的 zhēnde
  1. really; truly; indeed
  2. real; true; genuine
  3. (math.) proper
=11 真的 zhēndí
  1. (literary) true; real
  2. true; real
12 存在 cúnzài
  1. to exist
  2. to be
  3. existence