如果班上有人過生日, 老師總是會在黑板上畫一面旗子。

If someone in the class has a birthday, the teacher always draws a flag on the blackboard.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 rúguǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 班上 bānshàng (in the) class
3 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
4 過生日 guòshēngrì to celebrate a birthday
5 老師 lǎoshī teacher

classifiers: 個, 位
6 總是 zǒngshì always
=7 會 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=7 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=7 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
8 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)
9 黑板 hēibǎn blackboard

classifiers: 塊, 個
10 上畫 shànghuà to release on screen (of a movie)
11 一面 yīmiàn
  1. one side
  2. one aspect
  3. simultaneously... (and...)
  4. one's whole face
12 旗子 qízi
  1. flag
  2. banner

classifier: 面