汤姆说他们需要更多时间。

Tom says they need more time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 说 shuì to persuade
=2 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 说 shuō variant of 說 shuō
3 他们 tāmen they; them
4 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=5 更 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=5 更 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
6 多时 duōshí long time
=7 间 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=7 间 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent