那個男孩說起話來像個大人。

That boy talks as if he were a grown up.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那個 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
2 男孩 nánhái boy

classifier:

3 說起 shuō
  1. to mention
  2. to bring up (a subject)
  3. with regard to
  4. as for
4 huà
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

classifiers: , , , ,

5 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 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
6 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
=7 used in 自個兒 r
=7
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=8 大人 ren
  1. adult
  2. grownup
  3. title of respect toward superiors
=8 大人 rén
  1. (archaic) person of high rank (such as a ruler or noble)
  2. (historical, Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese-occupied Shantou Teochew) An address used by ordinary citizens to address Japanese occupation officials: sir
  3. (honorific) Your Excellency; His Excellency (form of address to a higher-up)
  4. (literary) form of address to one's parents or elder members of the family
  5. An address used by ordinary citizens to address Japanese occupation officials: sir
  6. Your Excellency; His Excellency (form of address to a higher-up)
  7. adult; grown-up
  8. form of address to one's parents or elder members of the family
  9. person of high rank (such as a ruler or noble)