汤姆今天来得比往常要早一些。

Tom came a little earlier today than he usually does.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
3 来得 láide
  1. to emerge (from a comparison)
  2. to come out as
  3. to be competent or equal to
=4 比 Bǐ
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利时 Bǐlìshí
=4 比 bī euphemistic variant of 屄 bī
=4 比 bǐ
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=4 比 pí
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=4 比 bì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=4 比 pǐ
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
5 往常 wǎngcháng
  1. usual
  2. customary
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
7 早 zǎo
  1. early
  2. morning
  3. Good morning!
  4. long ago
  5. prematurely
8 一些 yīxiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er