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They buy water

他们买水。

tā men mǎi shuǐ

Natural English

They buy water.

A purchase sentence using a Drink-class physical object.

Sentence Category Food and Drink
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    they
    Chinese Unit
    他们
    Pinyin
    tā men
    Linked Word
    they - 他们
  2. 2
    English Token
    buy
    Chinese Unit
    Pinyin
    mǎi
    Linked Word
    buy - 买
  3. 3
    English Token
    water
    Chinese Unit
    Pinyin
    shuǐ
    Linked Word
    water - 水

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
他们 / 买 / 水
Chinglish Order
they / buy / water
Natural English Order
They buy water.

Sentence Analysis

A purchase sentence using a Drink-class physical object.

Sentence Analysis

The units 他们 / 买 / 水 remain They / buy / water. Water is accepted by buy because Drink is within its allowed object classes. The natural-English comparison has the same order, illustrating that agreement with English can occur without defining the Chinglish rule.

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Standard Notes

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