湯姆預計瑪莉會來。

Tom has been expecting Mary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 預計 yùjì
  1. to forecast
  2. to predict
  3. to estimate
3 瑪莉 Mǎlì a transliteration of the English female given name Mary
=4 會 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=4 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=4 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
5 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)