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She like phone

她喜欢手机。

tā xǐ huān shǒu jī

Natural English

She likes phones.

A preference sentence with a Device-class object.

Sentence Category Daily Life
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
    like
    Chinese Unit
    喜欢
    Pinyin
    xǐ huān
    Linked Word
    like - 喜欢
  3. 3
    English Token
    phone
    Chinese Unit
    手机
    Pinyin
    shǒu jī
    Linked Word
    phone - 手机

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
她 / 喜欢 / 手机
Chinglish Order
she / like / phone
Natural English Order
She likes phones.

Sentence Analysis

A preference sentence with a Device-class object.

Sentence Analysis

Chinese 她 / 喜欢 / 手机 is represented as She / like / phone. Phone is allowed by the like profile through its Device class. Natural English changes like to likes and may pluralize phones generically; canonical Chinglish changes neither token.

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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 like 喜欢 xǐ huān phone 手机 shǒu jī