我認識一位史密斯先生。

I know a guy named Smith.

I am acquainted with one Mr. Smith.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 認識 rènshi
  1. to know
  2. to recognize
  3. to be familiar with
  4. to get acquainted with sb
  5. knowledge
  6. understanding
  7. awareness
  8. cognition
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 位 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
5 史密斯 Shǐmìsī Smith (name)
=6 先生 xiānsheng
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位
=6 先生 xiānshēng
  1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
  2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
  3. (literary) Taoist priest
  4. (literary) ancestor
  5. (literary) father and elder brother
  6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
  7. Taoist priest
  8. ancestor
  9. father and elder brother
  10. husband
  11. one who was born earlier
  12. traditional Chinese medicine physician