空氣是由許多種氣體組成的混合物。

Air is a mixture of various gases.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 空氣 kōngqì
  1. air
  2. atmosphere
=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 由 yóu
  1. to follow
  2. from
  3. because of; due to
  4. by; via; through
  5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
4 許多 xǔduō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
=5 種 zhǒng
  1. seed
  2. species
  3. kind
  4. type
  5. classifier for types, kinds, sorts
=5 種 zhòng
  1. to plant
  2. to grow
  3. to cultivate
=5 種 chóng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
  2. a surname
  3. cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
6 氣體 qìtǐ gas (i.e. gaseous substance)
7 組成 zǔchéng
  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute
=8 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 跑堂兒的 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
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 混合物 hùnhéwù mixture; composite