委员会由十二名成员组成。

The committee consists of twelve members.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 委员会 wěiyuánhuì committee; commission
2 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 ...
=3 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=3 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
4 名 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people
5 成员 chéngyuán member
6 组成 zǔchéng
  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute