湯姆每週幫車子加兩次油。

Tom puts gas in his car twice a week.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 每週 měizhōu every week
3 幫 bāng
  1. to help
  2. to assist
  3. to support
  4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
  5. hired (as worker)
  6. side (of pail, boat etc)
  7. outer layer
  8. upper (of a shoe)
  9. group
  10. gang
  11. clique
  12. party
  13. secret society
=4 車子 chēzi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
=4 車子 chēzǐ
  1. (Classical) cart driver; coachman
  2. cart driver; coachman
=5 加 Jiā
  1. Canada (abbr. for 加拿大 Jiānádà)
  2. surname Jia
=5 加 jiā
  1. to add
  2. (math.) plus
  3. to increase; to augment
  4. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 bù, 大 dà, 稍 shāo etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 shāojiāgǎiliáng "make some minor improvements to (it)")
=6 兩 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
=6 兩 liàng Original form of 輛／辆 (liàng).
7 次 cì
  1. next in sequence
  2. second
  3. the second (day, time etc)
  4. secondary
  5. vice-
  6. sub-
  7. infra-
  8. inferior quality
  9. substandard
  10. order
  11. sequence
  12. hypo- (chemistry)
  13. classifier for enumerated events: time
=8 油 yóu
  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning
=8 油 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  2. alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  3. used in 浩油