台灣是一個島國。

Taiwan is an island nation.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 台灣 Táiwān variant of 臺灣 Táiwān
=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 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
4 島國 dǎoguó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)