汤姆当时是一个很闹的孩子。

Tom was a very loud child.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 当时 dāngshí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. while
=2 当时 dàngshí
  1. at once
  2. right away
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=4 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
5 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=6 闹 nào variant of 闹 nào
=6 闹 nào
  1. noisy
  2. cacophonous
  3. to make noise
  4. to disturb
  5. to vent (feelings)
  6. to fall ill
  7. to have an attack (of sickness)
  8. to go in (for some activity)
  9. to joke
=7 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 孩子 háizi child