湯姆試著用滅火器把火撲滅。

Tom used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 試著 shìzhe (coll.) to try to
3 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
4 滅火器 mièhuǒqì fire extinguisher
=5 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=5 把 bà handle
=5 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=6 火 Huǒ surname Huo
=6 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86
7 撲滅 pūmiè
  1. to eradicate
  2. to extinguish