為甚麼我們不能去看湯姆？

Why can't we go and see Tom?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=1 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=2 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=2 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=3 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=3 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=3 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=3 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
4 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
5 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
6 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=7 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=7 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
8 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)