這隻狗快要死了。

The dog is dying.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 這 zhèi (coll.) this
2 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
3 狗 gǒu dog

classifiers: 隻, 條
4 快要 kuàiyào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
5 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)