得買點東西給湯姆才行。

I have to buy something for Tom.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=1 used in 得瑟 se
=1 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=1 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
2 買點 mǎidiǎn “buying point” (of a product); certain attributes of a product which are valued by purchasers
=3 東西 dōng east and west
=3 東西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

=4 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=4
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
5 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=6 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=6 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=7 háng
  1. (bound form) row; line
  2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  3. (bound form) commercial firm
  4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  6. classifier for rows or lines
=7 héng used in 道行 dàohéng
=7 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
=7 hàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
  2. order; rank
  3. used in 樹行子树行子 (“row of trees”)
  4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)