书桌上有一个苹果。

There is an apple on the desk.

There is one apple on the desk.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 书桌 shūzhuō desk

classifier: 張
=2 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=2 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
=3 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=3 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=4 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=5 苹果 Píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
=5 苹果 píngguǒ apple

classifiers: 個, 顆