在過去的五年裏人口增長了一倍。

The population has doubled in the last five years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
=2 過去 guò
  1. (in the) past; former; previous
  2. to go over; to pass by
=2 過去 guòqu (verb suffix)
=3 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4
  1. five
  2. 5
=5 Nián surname Nian
=5 nián year

classifier:

=5 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
6 variant of
7 人口 rénkǒu
  1. population
  2. people
8 增長 zēngzhǎng to grow; to increase
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 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)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=11 bèi
  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply
=11 péi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (péi).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (péi)
  3. Original form of (péi).
  4. alternative form of / (péi)