父親確定所有的燈都關了後才去睡覺。

Father makes sure that all the lights are off before he goes to bed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 父親 qīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. qin

classifier:

2 確定 quèdìng
  1. definite
  2. certain
  3. fixed
  4. to fix (on sth)
  5. to determine
  6. to be sure
  7. to ensure
  8. to make certain
  9. to ascertain
  10. to clinch
  11. to recognize
  12. to confirm
  13. OK (on computer dialog box)
3 所有 suǒyǒu
  1. all
  2. to have; to possess; to own
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 dēng
  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. lantern

classifier:

=6 surname Du
=6 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=6
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=7 Guān surname Guan
=7 guān
  1. mountain pass
  2. to close; to shut; to turn off
  3. to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  4. to concern; to involve
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 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)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=10 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=10 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
11
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=12 睡覺 shuìjiào
  1. to go to bed
  2. to sleep
=12 睡覺 shuìjué
  1. (archaic, intransitive) to wake up
  2. to wake up