饺子是年夜饭桌上必不可少的。

Dumplings are essential at the New Year's Eve dinner table.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 饺子 jiǎozi
  1. dumpling
  2. pot-sticker

classifiers: 個, 隻
=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 年夜饭 niányèfàn reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
=4 桌 zhuō
  1. table
  2. desk
  3. classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
=4 桌 zhuō old variant of 桌 zhuō
=5 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=5 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=6 必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo
  1. absolutely necessary
  2. indispensable
  3. essential
=6 必不可少 bìbùkěshào essential; indispensable
=7 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
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target