汤姆在澳大利亚呆了三年。

Tom stayed in Australia for three years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 澳大利亚 Àodàlìyà Australia
=4 呆 dāi
  1. foolish; stupid
  2. expressionless; blank
  3. variant of 待 dāi
=4 呆 dāi
  1. foolish; stupid (variant of 呆 dāi)
  2. expressionless; blank (variant of 呆 dāi)
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=6 三 Sān surname San
=6 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
=7 年 Nián surname Nian
=7 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=7 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián