今天有兩個學生缺席。

Two students are absent today.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
=2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=2 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=3 兩 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
=3 兩 liàng Original form of 輛／辆 (liàng).
=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 學生 xuésheng
  1. student
  2. schoolchild
=5 學生 xuéshēng
  1. disciple; follower (Classifier: 位 m)
  2. student; pupil (Classifier: 位 m)
6 缺席 quēxí to be absent