我妻子想收养一个孩子。

My wife wants to adopt a child.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 妻子 qīzǐ wife and children
=2 妻子 qīzi wife
3 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
4 收养 shōuyǎng
  1. to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
  2. to adopt (a child)
  3. adoption
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 孩子 háizi child