美國由五十個州組成。

The United States comprises 50 states.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 美國 Měiguó United States; USA; US
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 五十 wǔshí fifty
=4 個 gě used in 自個兒 zìgěr
=4 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
5 州 zhōu
  1. prefecture
  2. (old) province
  3. (old) administrative division
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
  6. canton (Switzerland)
6 組成 zǔchéng
  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute