他們兒子的名字是約翰。

Their son's name is John.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
=2 兒子 érzi son
=2 兒子 érzǐ
  1. Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.
  2. baby; infant; newborn
  3. child
=3 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)

classifier: 個
=5 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)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)