约翰是我最好朋友。

John is my best friend.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 约翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
=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 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 最好 zuìhǎo
  1. best
  2. had better ...; it would be best to ...
=5 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=5 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers