龍是中國的文化圖騰。

The dragon is one of the cultural emblems of China.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 龍 Lóng surname Long
=1 龍 lóng
  1. Chinese dragon; loong
  2. (fig.) emperor
  3. dragon
  4. (bound form) dinosaur
=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 中國 Zhōngguó China
=4 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
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 文化 wénhuà
  1. culture
  2. civilization
  3. cultural

classifiers: 個, 種
6 圖騰 túténg totem (loanword)