我的朋友正在为新的操作系统设计一个用户界面。

My friend is currently designing a user interface for the new operating system.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=3 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
4 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
=5 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=5 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=5 wéi variant of wéi
=5 wèi variant of wèi
=6 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=6 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 操作系统 cāozuòtǒng operating system
9 设计 shè
  1. to design; to plan
  2. design; plan
=10 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=10 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
11 用户界面 yòngjièmiàn user interface