我们要明白汤姆想要什么。

We have to find out what Tom wants.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 明白 míngbai
  1. clear; obvious; unequivocal
  2. sensible; reasonable
  3. to understand; to realize
4 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
5 想要 xiǎngyào
  1. to want to
  2. to feel like
  3. to fancy
  4. to care for sb
  5. desirous of
6 什么 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything