獅子是動物。

The lion is an animal.

A lion is an animal.

Lions are animals.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 獅子 Shīzǐ
  1. Leo (star sign)
  2. Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县 Píngdōng Xiàn, Taiwan
=1 獅子 shīzi lion

classifiers: 隻, 頭
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 動物 dòngwù animal

classifiers: 隻, 群, 個