他们是朋友吗？

Are they friends?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
=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 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=3 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
=4 吗 má (coll.) what?
=4 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=4 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)