她養一隻鸚鵡作為寵物。

She keeps a parrot as a pet.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 養 yǎng
  1. to raise (animals)
  2. to bring up (children)
  3. to keep (pets)
  4. to support
  5. to give birth
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
5 鸚鵡 yīngwǔ parrot
6 作為 zuòwéi
  1. one's conduct
  2. deed
  3. activity
  4. accomplishment
  5. achievement
  6. to act as
  7. as (in the capacity of)
  8. qua
  9. to view as
  10. to look upon (sth as)
  11. to take sth to be
7 寵物 chǒngwù house pet