水星是太陽系八大行星中最小的。

Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets in the Solar System.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 水星 Shuǐxīng (astronomy) Mercury
=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 太陽系 tàiyángxì solar system
=3 太陽系 Tàiyángxì
  1. (astronomy) Solar System
  2. Solar System
4 八 bā eight
=5 大行 dàxíng
  1. (historical, attributive, honorific, euphemistic, of a monarch or a monarch's spouse) the departed; recently deceased
  2. (literary) big things; great matters
  3. big things; great matters
  4. the departed; recently deceased
=5 大行 dàháng large investment bank
=5 大行 dàxìng
  1. (literary) great morality
  2. great morality
6 星 xīng
  1. star
  2. heavenly body
  3. satellite
  4. small amount
=7 中 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=7 中 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=7 中 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
8 最小 zuìxiǎo smallest; youngest; least; minimum; minimal
=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