湯姆有很重要的事要告訴瑪麗。

Tom has something very important to tell Mary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=2 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
4 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major
=5 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=6
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
=7 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=7 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=7 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
=8 告訴 gào to press charges; to file a complaint
=8 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
9 瑪麗
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali