我认识史密斯小姐已经有9年了。

I have known Miss Smith for nine years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 认识 rènshi
  1. to know
  2. to recognize
  3. to be familiar with
  4. to get acquainted with sb
  5. knowledge
  6. understanding
  7. awareness
  8. cognition
3 史密斯 Shǐ Smith (name)
=4 小姐 xiǎojie
  1. young lady
  2. miss
  3. (slang) prostitute

classifiers: ,

=4 小姐 xiǎojiě
  1. (dated or Mainland China slang) prostitute
  2. Miss (a term of address for a young or unmarried woman)
  3. prostitute
  4. young lady
  5. young lady of gentry family
=5 已经 jīng already
=5 已经 jìng already
=6 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=6 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=7 Nián surname Nian
=7 nián year

classifier:

=7 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào