湯姆正在摘蘋果。

Tom is picking apples.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
=3 摘 zhāi
  1. to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
  2. to select; to pick out
  3. to borrow money at a time of urgent need
=3 摘 tì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harass
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to initiate
  3. to harass
  4. to initiate
=4 蘋果 Píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
=4 蘋果 píngguǒ apple

classifiers: 個, 顆