老師要我們保持安靜。

Our teacher demanded that we keep quiet.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 老師 lǎoshī teacher

classifiers: 個, 位
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
4 保持 bǎochí
  1. to keep
  2. to maintain
  3. to hold
  4. to preserve
5 安靜 ānjìng
  1. quiet
  2. peaceful
  3. calm