我奇怪為甚麼湯姆那麼激動。

I wonder why Tom is so excited.

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Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 奇怪 qíguài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled
=3 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=3 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=4 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=4 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=5 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=5 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=5 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=5 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
6 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
7 那麼 nàme
  1. like that; in that way; to that extent
  2. (before a number) ... or so; about ...
  3. then; in that case
8 激動 jīdòng
  1. to move emotionally
  2. to stir up (emotions)
  3. to excite