那個囚犯在牢裡待了兩個月。

The prisoner was behind bars for two months.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那個 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
2 囚犯 qiúfàn prisoner; convict
3 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
4 láo
  1. firm
  2. sturdy
  3. fold (for animals)
  4. sacrifice
  5. prison
5
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=6 dāi to stay; to remain
=6 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
=8 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=8 liàng Original form of (liàng).
=9 used in 自个儿 r
=9
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
10 yuè
  1. moon
  2. month
  3. monthly

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