湯姆和我相識很久了。

Tom and I have known each other for a long time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=2 和 Hé surname He
=2 和 hé
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=2 和 hè
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=2 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=2 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=2 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=2 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=2 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 相識 xiāngshí
  1. to get to know each other
  2. acquaintance
5 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
6 久 jiǔ (of a period of time) long
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào