你能放下報紙聽我說嗎?

Will you put down that paper and listen to me?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=1 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=2 Néng surname Neng
=2 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=2 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=2 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=2 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=2 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=2 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=2 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
3 放下 fàngxià
  1. to lay down; to put down
  2. to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside
  3. to lower (the blinds etc)
4 報紙 bàozhǐ
  1. newspaper
  2. newsprint

classifiers: , ,

5 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
6 我說 shuō
  1. I wondered that and now it makes sense that...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , /.
=7 (coll.) what?
=7 used in 吗啡 fēi
=7 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)