他們打電話給醫生因為這個孩子生病了。

They called in a doctor because the child was ill.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
2 打電話 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
=3 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=3 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
4 醫生 yīshēng doctor

classifiers: 個, 位, 名
5 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
6 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
7 孩子 háizi child
8 生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
=9 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào