我在想有多少加拿大人住在波士頓。

I wonder how many Canadians live in Boston.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 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)
=4 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=4 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)”)
=5 多少 duōshǎo
  1. number; amount
  2. somewhat
=5 多少 duōshao
  1. how much?; how many?
  2. (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
6 加拿大人 Jiānádàrén Canadian person
7 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
8 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
9 波士頓 Bōshìdùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts