昨天東京是陰天嗎?

Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 東京 Dōngjīng
  1. Tokyo, capital of Japan
  2. Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
=3 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)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 陰天 yīntiān cloudy day; overcast sky
=5 嗎 má (coll.) what?
=5 嗎 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=5 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)