他是一個被稱為小約翰的大個子男人。

He was a big man called Little John.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 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 shì variant of shì
=3 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=4 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=4
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=4 alternative form of
5 稱為 chēngwéi to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
6 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
7 約翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
=8 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 跑堂儿的 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=9 dài see 大夫 dàifu
10 個子 zi
  1. stature; height; size (of a person or object)
  2. (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
=11 男人 nánrén
  1. a man
  2. a male
  3. men

classifier:

=11 男人 nánren
  1. (colloquial) husband
  2. husband