昨天我卖了两本书。

Yesterday I sold two books.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=3 卖 mài
  1. to sell
  2. to betray
  3. to spare no effort
  4. to show off or flaunt
=3 卖 yù
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to hawk; to peddle in the street
  2. Original form of 鬻 (yù, “to sell”).
  3. alternative form of 儥 /𰂏 (yù, “to sell”)
  4. to hawk; to peddle in the street
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 两 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
6 本书 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book