不幸的是,大多数年轻人都不常说方言了。

Sadly, most young people speak dialect only rarely.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不幸 xìng
  1. misfortune
  2. adversity
  3. unfortunate
  4. sad
  5. unfortunately

classifier:

=2 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 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 shì variant of shì
4 大多数 duōshù (great) majority
5 年轻人 niánqīngrén
  1. young people
  2. youngster
=6 surname Du
=6 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=6
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
7 不常 cháng
  1. (dated, literary) bizarre; out of the ordinary
  2. (dated, literary) extraordinary; excellent
  3. (dated, literary) not in a fixed pattern; irregularly
  4. (dated, literary, euphemistic) death
  5. bizarre; out of the ordinary
  6. death
  7. extraordinary; excellent
  8. not in a fixed pattern; irregularly
  9. not often; seldom; rarely
=8 shuì to persuade
=8 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=8 shuō variant of shuō
=9 方言 Fāngyán the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 扬雄 Yáng Xióng in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
=9 方言 fāngyán
  1. topolect
  2. dialect
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào