愛迪生發明了電燈炮。

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 愛迪生 Àidíshēng
  1. Edison (name)
  2. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman
2 發明 fāmíng
  1. to invent
  2. an invention

classifier: 個
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 電燈 diàndēng electric light

classifier: 盞
=5 炮 bāo
  1. to sauté
  2. to fry
  3. to dry by heating
=5 炮 páo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
=5 炮 pào
  1. cannon
  2. firecracker

classifier: 座
=5 炮 pào variant of 炮 pào