约翰是个好朋友。

John is a good friend.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 约翰 Yuēhàn
  1. John (name)
  2. Johan (name)
  3. Johann (name)
=2 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=3 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=3 个 gè variant of 个 gè
4 好朋友 hǎopéngyou
  1. good friend
  2. (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)