I have just heard from my sister, Mary – 我刚收到我妹妹玛丽的一封信
Chinese Sentence: 我刚收到我妹妹玛丽的一封信。
English Translation: I have just heard from my sister, Mary.
| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Tones | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我刚 | 我剛 | wo3 gang1 | wǒ gāng | I have just |
| 收到 | 收到 | shou1 dao4 | shōu dào | receive |
| 我 | 我 | wo3 | wǒ | I / me / my |
| 妹妹 | 妹妹 | mei4 mei5 | mèi mei | younger sister / fig. younger woman (esp. girl friend or rival) / CL:個|个 |
| 玛丽 | 瑪麗 | Ma3 li4 | Mǎ lì | Mary / Mali (a person’s name) |
| 的 | 的 | de5 | de | of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 一 | 一 | yi1 | yī | one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout |
| 封信 | 封信 | Feng1 xin4 | Fēng xìn | Letters |