他誤以為我是一個英國人。

He mistook me for an Englishman.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 誤 wù
  1. mistake
  2. error
  3. to miss
  4. to harm
  5. to delay
  6. to neglect
  7. mistakenly
3 以為 yǐwéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=5 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)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=6 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=6 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=7 英國人 Yīngguórén British person; British people
=7 英國人 yīngguórén British person; Briton; British people