她要男孩們粉刷房子。

She had the boys paint the house.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 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
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 男孩 nánhái boy

classifier: 個
4 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
5 粉刷 fěnshuā
  1. to paint
  2. to whitewash
  3. emulsion
  4. plaster
6 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間