我父亲用一把锯子切木头。

My father cut wood with a saw.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 父亲 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
3 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
4 一把 yībǎ a bunch of; a bundle of
5 锯子 jùzi a saw

classifier: 把
=6 切 qiē
  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math) tangential
=6 切 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
7 木头 mùtou
  1. slow-witted
  2. blockhead
  3. log (of wood, timber etc)

classifiers: 塊, 根