你家桌子邊有幾個椅子？

How many chairs do you have around your table?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=2 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
3 桌子 zhuōzi
  1. table
  2. desk

classifiers: 張, 套
=4 邊 biān
  1. side
  2. edge
  3. margin
  4. border
  5. boundary
  6. simultaneously

classifier: 個
=4 邊 bian suffix of a noun of locality
=5 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=5 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)”)
=6 幾個 jǐge
  1. a few
  2. several
  3. how many
=6 幾個 jǐgè
  1. a few; several; some; a handful
  2. how many
7 椅子 yǐzi chair

classifiers: 把, 張