醫生甚麼也做不了。

There was nothing the doctors could do.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 醫生 yīshēng doctor

classifiers: 個, 位, 名
=2 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=2 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=3 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=3 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=3 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=3 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
=4 也 Yě surname Ye
=4 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
5 做 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=6 不了 bùle no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
=6 不了 bùliǎo
  1. (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)
  2. (pattern: {verb} + 個 ge + ~) without end; incessantly