我相信這條魚是淡水魚。

I believe this fish is a freshwater fish.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
=3 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)
=3 這 zhèi (coll.) this
4 條 tiáo
  1. strip
  2. item
  3. article
  4. clause (of law or treaty)
  5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
=5 魚 Yú surname Yu
=5 魚 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾
=6 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)
=6 是 shì variant of 是 shì
7 淡水魚 dànshuǐyú freshwater fish