你想去美國讀書的話,一定要先申請一張學生簽證。

If you want to study in the United States, you need to get a student visa.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=1 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
2 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
4 美國 Měiguó United States; USA; US
5 讀書 shū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school
6 的話 dehuà if (coming after a conditional clause)
7 一定要 dìngyào must
=8 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=8 xiǎn only used in 先馬先马
9 申請 shēnqǐng to apply for sth

classifier:

10
  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
=11 Zhāng surname Zhang
=11 zhāng
  1. to open up
  2. to spread
  3. sheet of paper
  4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
  5. classifier for votes
=11 zhàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (zhàng).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (zhàng).
  3. Original form of (zhàng).
  4. Original form of (zhàng).
  5. to boast; to exaggerate (now merged into Pronunciation 1)
=12 學生 xuésheng
  1. student
  2. schoolchild
=12 學生 xuéshēng
  1. disciple; follower (Classifier: m)
  2. student; pupil (Classifier: m)
13 簽證 qiānzhèng
  1. visa
  2. to issue a visa