汤姆还不清楚要不要上大学。

Tom is still uncertain about whether to go to college or not.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 还 Huán surname Huan
=2 还 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 还 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
3 不清楚 bùqīngchu
  1. unclear
  2. not understood
  3. currently unknown
4 要不 yàobù
  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. how about...?
  4. either... (or...)
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 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
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
6 上大 Shàngdà short for 上海大學／上海大学 (Shànghǎi Dàxué, “Shanghai University”)
7 学 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology