你搭公車上下學嗎？

Do you commute to school by bus?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 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.)
2 搭 dā
  1. to put up
  2. to build (scaffolding)
  3. to hang (clothes on a pole)
  4. to connect
  5. to join
  6. to arrange in pairs
  7. to match
  8. to add
  9. to throw in (resources)
  10. to take (boat, train)
  11. variant of 褡 dā
3 公車 gōngchē
  1. bus
  2. abbr. for 公共汽車 gōnggòngqìchē
  3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. abbr. for 公務用車 gōngwùyòngchē
4 上下 shàngxià
  1. the top and bottom of sth
  2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  3. to go up and down
  4. before and after (as in 上下文 shàngxiàwén "context")
  5. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  6. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 shàngxiàhémù "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  7. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下 jǔguóshàngxià "the entire nation")
  8. relative superiority (as in 不相上下 bùxiāngshàngxià "evenly matched")
5 學 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
=6 嗎 má (coll.) what?
=6 嗎 mǎ used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi
=6 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)