莎莉要她的弟弟打掃浴室。

Sally made her brother clean the bathroom.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 莎 shā
  1. katydid (family Tettigoniidae)
  2. phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
=1 莎 suō used in 莎草 suōcǎo
=1 莎 suī only used in 捼莎
2 莉 lì
  1. used in 茉莉 mòlì
  2. used in the transliteration of female names
=3 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=3 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
4 她 tā she
=5 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 弟弟 dìdi younger brother

classifiers: 個, 位
7 打掃 dǎsǎo
  1. to clean
  2. to sweep
8 浴室 yùshì bathhouse

classifier: 間