我還以為他會來開會。

I had expected him at the meeting.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 還 Huán surname Huan
=2 還 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=2 還 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
=2 還 xuán
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
  4. alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  5. immediately
  6. nimble; agile
3 以為 yǐwéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
4 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=5 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)
=5 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=5 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
6 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 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
7 開會 kāihuì
  1. to hold a meeting
  2. to attend a meeting