但願我長高一點。

I wish I were a little taller.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 但願 dànyuàn
  1. if only (sth were possible)
  2. I wish (that)
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=3 長 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=3 長 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=3 長 zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length
4 高一 gāoyī
  1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
  2. (Singapore) first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
  3. first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
  4. first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
5 點 diǎn
  1. to touch briefly; to tap
  2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  3. to order (food etc); to select
  4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
  5. to hint at; to imply
  6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
  7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
  8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
  9. point; dot; spot; speck
  10. dot stroke in Chinese characters
  11. (math.) decimal point
  12. point in time or space
  13. (after a number) o'clock
  14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
  15. classifier for small amounts