汤姆不知如何翻译“计算机”一词,因为同他谈话的人从未见过一台。

Tom didn't know how to translate the word "computer" because the people he was talking to had never seen one.

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Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
3 如何
  1. how
  2. what way
  3. what
4 翻译 fān
  1. to translate
  2. to interpret
  3. translator
  4. interpreter
  5. translation
  6. interpretation

classifiers: , ,

5 计算机 suàn
  1. computer
  2. (Tw) calculator

classifier:

6
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=7 old variant of
=7
  1. word
  2. statement; speech; lyrics

classifier:

8 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
=9 tóng
  1. like
  2. same
  3. similar
  4. together
  5. alike
  6. with
=9 tòng used in 胡同 tòng
=9 tòng used in 胡同 tòng
10
  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 and 他人 rén)
11 谈话 tánhuà
  1. to talk (with sb)
  2. to have a conversation
  3. talk
  4. conversation

classifier:

=12 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 人从 réncóng
  1. retinue
  2. hangers-on
14 未见 wèijiàn
  1. (literary) to still have not seen
  2. to still have not seen
=15 Guō surname Guo
=15 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=15 guo (experienced action marker)
16
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=17 Tái
  1. Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. surname Tai
=17 tāi used in place names
=17 tái
  1. (classical) you (in letters)
  2. variant of tái
=17 tái desk; table; counter
=17 Tái Taiwan (abbr.)
=17 tái
  1. platform
  2. stage
  3. terrace
  4. stand
  5. support
  6. station
  7. broadcasting station
  8. classifier for vehicles or machines
=17 tái typhoon
=17
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  5. I, me
  6. Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  7. Used in place names.
  8. a surname
  9. historical placename in modern Shandong
  10. used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
  11. used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  12. what
=17 pufferfish; blowfish