湯姆搭公車過來。

Tom came by bus.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 搭 dā
  1. to put up
  2. to build (scaffolding)
  3. to hang (clothes on a pole)
  4. to connect
  5. to join
  6. to arrange in pairs
  7. to match
  8. to add
  9. to throw in (resources)
  10. to take (boat, train)
  11. variant of 褡 dā
3 公車 gōngchē
  1. bus
  2. abbr. for 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē
  3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. abbr. for 公务用车 gōngwùyòngchē
=4 過來 guòlái
  1. to come over
  2. to manage
  3. to handle
  4. to be able to take care of
=4 過來 guòlai see 过来 guòlái