两个男孩儿吵起来了。

The two boys are quarreling.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 两 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
=2 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=2 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=2 个 gè variant of 个 gè
3 男孩儿 nánháir erhua form of 男孩 nánhái
=4 吵 chǎo
  1. to quarrel
  2. to make a noise
  3. noisy
  4. to disturb by making a noise
=4 吵 miǎo
  1. (historical dictionaries only) Sound of chicken.
  2. Sound of chicken.
=4 吵 chāo
  1. Used in personal names.
  2. used in 吵吵 (chāochao, “to make noise”)
=4 吵 chào
  1. (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 訬 /𰵏 (“light (of weight)”)
  2. alternative form of 訬 /𰵏 (“light (of weight)”)
=5 起来 qǐlai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. qǐlái
=5 起来 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看 kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. qǐlai
=5 起来 qǐlái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào