如果沒有了水,沒有人能夠在地球上生存。

If it were not for water, no one could live on earth.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
=4 Shuǐ surname Shui
=4 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment
5 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
6 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

7 能夠 nénggòu
  1. to be capable of
  2. to be able to
  3. can
8 在地 zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. tsāi-tē)
=9 qiú ball used for playing games (variant of qiú)
=9 qiú
  1. ball
  2. sphere
  3. globe
  4. ball game
  5. match

classifiers: ,

=10 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=10 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
11 生存 shēngcún
  1. to exist
  2. to survive