我們為該寫些甚麼而爭論了好幾個小時。

We disputed for hours about what to write.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
=2 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=2 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
3 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
=4 xiě to write
=4 xiè used in 寫意 xiè
5 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
=6 shén variant of shén
=6 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=7 exclamatory final particle
=7 ma interrogative final particle
=7 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=7
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
8 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
9 爭論 zhēnglùn
  1. to argue
  2. to debate
  3. to contend
  4. argument
  5. contention
  6. controversy
  7. debate

classifiers: ,

=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào
11 好幾 hǎo
  1. several
  2. quite a few
=12 used in 自個兒 r
=12
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
13 小時 xiǎoshí hour

classifier: