英语是当今世界上一种非常重要的语言。

English is a very important language in today's world.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 英语 Yīngyǔ English (language)
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 当今 dāngjīn
  1. the present time
  2. (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
4 世界 shìjiè world

classifier: 個
=5 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=5 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
6 一种 yīzhǒng one kind of; one type of
7 非常 fēicháng
  1. very; really
  2. unusual; extraordinary
8 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major
=9 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=9 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=9 的 dí really and truly
=9 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=10 语言 yǔyán language

classifiers: 門, 種
=10 语言 yùyán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell