你不是要打电话给汤姆吗?

Aren't you going to call Tom?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 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.)
=2 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 bùshi fault; blame
=3 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 要 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
=3 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
4 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
=5 给 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 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=5 给 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
6 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=7 吗 má (coll.) what?
=7 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=7 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)