玛丽是怎么让汤姆帮她做作业的？。

How did Mary get Tom to help her with her homework?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 玛丽 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=2 是 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 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=3 怎么 zěnme variant of 怎么 zěnme
4 让 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)
5 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=6 帮 bāng old variant of 帮 bāng
=6 帮 bāng old variant of 帮 bāng
=6 帮 bāng
  1. to help
  2. to assist
  3. to support
  4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
  5. hired (as worker)
  6. side (of pail, boat etc)
  7. outer layer
  8. upper (of a shoe)
  9. group
  10. gang
  11. clique
  12. party
  13. secret society
7 她 tā she
8 做作 zuòzuo
  1. affected
  2. artificial
=9 业 Yè surname Ye
=9 业 yè
  1. line of business
  2. industry
  3. occupation
  4. job
  5. employment
  6. school studies
  7. enterprise
  8. property
  9. (Buddhism) karma
  10. deed
  11. to engage in
  12. already
=9 业 bèi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
  2. Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
=10 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=10 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=10 的 dí really and truly
=10 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target