電話於1876年由貝爾所發明。

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Bell.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 電話 diànhuà
  1. telephone
  2. phone call
  3. phone number

classifiers: 部, 通
=2 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=2 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=2 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=3 年 Nián surname Nian
=3 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=3 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
4 由 yóu
  1. to follow
  2. from
  3. because of; due to
  4. by; via; through
  5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
=5 貝爾 Bèiěr Bell (person name)
=5 貝爾 Bèi'ěr
  1. (～湖) Buir Lake
  2. Buir Lake
  3. a transliteration of the English female given name and surname Bell or Belle
  4. a transliteration of the English male given name and surname Bear
  5. a transliteration of the French surname Baire
  6. bel (unit of measure named after Alexander Graham Bell)
6 所 suǒ
  1. actually
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

classifier: 個
7 發明 fāmíng
  1. to invent
  2. an invention

classifier: 個