二十世纪中以后,北京胡同的数量显著地下降,因为人们把它们拆毁以便给新的楼房和街路让路。

Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 二十世纪 èrshíshì 20th century
=2 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=2 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=2 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
3 以后 hòu
  1. after
  2. later
  3. afterwards
  4. following
  5. later on
  6. in the future
4 北京 Běijīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to Jīng)
=5 胡同 tòng lane; alley

classifier:

=5 胡同 tòng variant of 胡同 tòng
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 数量 shùliàng
  1. quantitative
  2. (math.) scalar quantity

classifier:

8 显著 xiǎnzhù
  1. outstanding
  2. notable
  3. remarkable
  4. statistically significant
=9 地下 xià
  1. underground
  2. subterranean
  3. covert
=9 地下 dixià
  1. ground; floor
  2. on the ground; on the floor
=10 jiàng
  1. to drop
  2. to fall
  3. to come down
  4. to descend
=10 xiáng
  1. to surrender; to capitulate
  2. to subdue; to conquer; to tame
11 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
12 人们 rénmen people
=13
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=13 handle
=13
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=14 它们 men they; them
=14 它们 tāmen
  1. (animal) they; them
  2. they; them
15 拆毁 chāihuǐ to demolish; to tear down
16 以便 biàn
  1. so that
  2. so as to
  3. in order to
=17 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=17
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=18 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=18 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=19 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
20 楼房 lóufáng a building of two or more stories

classifiers: , ,

=21 old variant of
=21 surname He
=21
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=21
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=21 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=21 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=21 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=21 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=21 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
22 街路 jiē
  1. (dialect, archaic) street; road; avenue
  2. street; road; avenue
23 让路 ràng to make way (for sth)