湯姆整個下午都待在廚房裡做菜。

Tom spent all afternoon in the kitchen, cooking.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 整個 zhěnggè
  1. whole
  2. entire
  3. total
3 下午 xiàwǔ
  1. afternoon
  2. p.m.

classifier: 個
=4 都 Dū surname Du
=4 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=5 待 dāi to stay; to remain
=5 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
6 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)
7 廚房 chúfáng kitchen

classifier: 間
8 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
9 做菜 zuòcài
  1. to cook
  2. cooking