汤姆需要被告知怎么做。

Tom needs to be told what to do.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
3 被告 bèigào (law) the defendant; the accused
=4 知 zhī
  1. to know
  2. to be aware
=4 知 zhì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
  2. Original form of 智 (zhì, “knowing, wisdom, intelligence”).
=5 怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=5 怎么 zěnme variant of 怎么 zěnme
6 做 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)