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She drink water

她喝水。

tā hē shuǐ

Natural English

She drinks water.

A basic consumption sentence with a Drink-class object.

Sentence Category Food and Drink
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    she
    Chinese Unit
    她
    Pinyin
    tā
    Linked Word
    she - 她
  2. 2
    English Token
    drink
    Chinese Unit
    喝
    Pinyin
    hē
    Linked Word
    drink - 喝
  3. 3
    English Token
    water
    Chinese Unit
    水
    Pinyin
    shuǐ
    Linked Word
    water - 水

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
她 / 喝 / 水
Chinglish Order
she / drink / water
Natural English Order
She drinks water.

Sentence Analysis

A basic consumption sentence with a Drink-class object.

Sentence Analysis

Chinese units 她 / 喝 / 水 retain the order She / drink / water. Water matches the Drink class permitted by the drink profile. Natural English inflects drinks for the subject; canonical Chinglish deliberately keeps drink unchanged.

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Standard Notes

Standard Status
Standard
Usage Context
Official candidate sentence for editorial review.
Comprehensibility
Understandable with context

Related Words

she 她 tā drink 喝 hē water 水 shuǐ