中国是日本的20倍大。

China is twenty times as large as Japan.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 中国 Zhōngguó China
2 是日 shìrì
  1. (formal) this day
  2. that day
3 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
=4 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 倍 bèi
  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply
=5 倍 péi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 陪 (péi).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 賠 /赔 (péi)
  3. Original form of 陪 (péi).
  4. alternative form of 賠 /赔 (péi)
=6 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=6 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu