在北京,胡同是由四合院的传统居所排形成。

In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 北京 Běijīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to Jīng)
=3 胡同 tòng lane; alley

classifier:

=3 胡同 tòng variant of 胡同 tòng
=4 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)
=4 shì variant of shì
5 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 ...
6 四合院 yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
=7 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 传统 chuántǒng
  1. tradition
  2. traditional
  3. convention
  4. conventional

classifier:

9 居所 suǒ residence
10 pái
  1. a row
  2. a line
  3. to set in order
  4. to arrange
  5. to line up
  6. to eliminate
  7. to drain
  8. to push open
  9. platoon
  10. raft
  11. classifier for lines, rows etc
11 形成 xíngchéng to form; to take shape