瑪莉通常把長髮紮成雙馬尾。

Mary usually wears her long hair in pigtails.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 瑪莉 Mǎlì a transliteration of the English female given name Mary
2 通常 tōngcháng
  1. regular; usual; normal
  2. usually; normally
=3 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=3 把 bà handle
=3 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
4 長髮 chángfà long hair
=5 紮 zā
  1. to tie
  2. to bind
  3. classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
  4. Taiwan pr. zhá
=5 紮 zhā
  1. (of troops) to be stationed (at)
  2. Taiwan pr. zhá
6 成雙 chéngshuāng to come as a pair; to become a pair
=7 馬尾 Mǎwěi see 馬尾區 Mǎwěi Qū
=7 馬尾 mǎwěi
  1. ponytail (hairstyle)
  2. horse's tail
  3. slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)