我希望我能说法语说得更好。

I wish that I could speak French better.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 希望 wàng to hope

classifier:

3
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=4 Néng surname Neng
=4 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=4 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=4 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=4 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=4 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=4 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=4 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
=5 说法 shuō to expound Buddhist teachings
=5 说法 shuōfa
  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation
=6
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech
=6 (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
=7 shuì to persuade
=7 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=7 shuō variant of shuō
=8
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=8 used in 得瑟 se
=8 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=8 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
9 更好 gènghǎo to be better (as in, more desirable or satisfactory)