他想找本書來讀。

He wants a book to read.

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 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 找 zhǎo
  1. to try to find
  2. to look for
  3. to call on sb
  4. to find
  5. to seek
  6. to return
  7. to give change
4 本書 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book
5 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=6 讀 dòu
  1. comma
  2. phrase marked by pause
=6 讀 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce