"我是警察。你可以到警察局來嗎?" "為-為什麼?" "你不能認為在市中心開槍射擊不是犯罪行為?!"

"This is the police. Would you mind coming down to the station?" "W-why?" "You can't think it's not a crime to go shooting guns off in the middle of town?!"

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=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 警察 jǐngchá police; police officer
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
5 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
6 到 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
7 警察局 jǐngchájú
  1. police station
  2. police department
  3. police headquarters
8 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=9 嗎 má (coll.) what?
=9 嗎 mǎ used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi
=9 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
=10 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=10 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
11 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
=12 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=12 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
13 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
14 認為 rènwéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
15 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
16 市中心 shìzhōngxīn
  1. city center
  2. downtown
17 開槍 kāiqiāng
  1. to open fire
  2. to shoot a gun
18 射擊 shèjī to shoot; to fire (a gun)
=19 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=19 不是 bùshi fault; blame
20 犯罪行為 fànzuìxíngwéi criminal activity