他對我說，"你看起來很悲傷。你怎麼了?"

He said to me, "You look sad. What is the matter with you?"

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 對 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
3 我說 wǒshuō
  1. I wondered that and now it makes sense that...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 我, 說 /说.
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=5 看起來 kànqǐlai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
=5 看起來 kànqilai
  1. to look and perceive
  2. to seem; to look as if
6 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
7 悲傷 bēishāng sad; sorrowful
=8 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=8 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
9 怎麼了 zěnmele
  1. What's up?
  2. What's going on?
  3. What happened?