汤姆是等了最长时间的人。

Tom is the one that has been waiting the longest.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 děng
  1. to wait for; to await
  2. by the time; when; till
  3. and so on; etc.; et al.
  4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
  5. (bound form) equal to; same as
  6. (used to end an enumeration)
  7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
=5 zuì variant of zuì
=5 zuì old variant of zuì
=5 zuì
  1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
  2. (after zhī) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 shìjièzhīzuì "the greatest in the world")
6 长时间 chángshíjiān long time; long period of time
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 rén person; people

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