湯姆需要一個朋友

Tom needs a friend.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=3 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=4 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=4 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers