今天是二〇一六年十一月二十三日。

Today is 23rd November 2016.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
=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 二 èr
  1. two
  2. 2
  3. (Beijing dialect) stupid
4 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
=5 六 liù
  1. six
  2. 6
=5 六 lù used in place names
=6 年 Nián surname Nian
=6 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=6 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
=7 十一月 Shíyīyuè
  1. November
  2. eleventh month (of the lunar year)
=7 十一月 shíyīyuè
  1. November
  2. the modern name for the eleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar
8 二十三 èrshísān twenty-three; 23
=9 日 Rì abbr. for 日本 Rìběn, Japan
=9 日 rì
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month