湯姆想一個人待一會兒。

Tom wanted some time alone.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
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 一個人 yīgèrén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)
=4 待 dāi to stay; to remain
=4 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
5 一會兒 yīhuìr
  1. a moment
  2. a while
  3. in a moment
  4. now...now...
  5. also pr. yīhuǐr