這些電池，雖然是新的，但是沒用。

Although these batteries are new, they don't work.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這些 zhèxiē these
2 電池 diànchí battery; electric cell

classifiers: 節, 組
3 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 kěshì or 但是 dànshì etc)
=4 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)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=5 新 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiāpō
  3. surname Xin
=5 新 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=6 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
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 但是 dànshì but; however
8 沒用 méiyòng useless