「那是什麼聲音？」「是隻鹿在叫。」「在市中心？」

"What's that noise?" "It's a deer barking." "In the middle of the town centre?"

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 那是 nàshi
  1. (coll.) of course
  2. naturally
  3. indeed
=1 那是 nàshì
  1. (colloquial) of course
  2. of course
2 什麼 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
3 聲音 shēngyīn
  1. voice
  2. sound

classifier: 個
=4 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)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
6 鹿 lù deer
7 在 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)
=8 叫 jiào
  1. to shout
  2. to call
  3. to order
  4. to ask
  5. to be called
  6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
=8 叫 jiào variant of 叫 jiào
9 在 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)
10 市中心 shìzhōngxīn
  1. city center
  2. downtown