他從台北開車到基隆只花了四十分鐘。

He drove from Taipei to Keelung in just forty minutes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 Cóng surname Cong
=2 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
=3 台北 Táiběi Taipei, capital of Taiwan
=3 台北 Táiběi Taipei, capital of Taiwan
4 開車 kāichē
  1. to drive a car (or train etc)
  2. (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
5 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
6 基隆 lóng Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
=7 zhī variant of zhī
=7 zhǐ only; merely; just
=7 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=7 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=7 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=7 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=8 Huā surname Hua
=8 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: , , , , ,

=8 huā old variant of huā
=8 huā
  1. variant of huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 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)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10 四十 shí
  1. forty
  2. 40
11 分鐘 fēnzhōng minute