奇怪的是，村子裏竟然一個人也沒有。

To my surprise, there were no people in the village.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 奇怪 qíguài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled
=2 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=2 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=2 的 dí really and truly
=2 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 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)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 村子 cūnzi village
5 裏 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
6 竟然 jìngrán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. in spite of everything
  4. in that crazy way
  5. actually
  6. to go as far as to
7 一個人 yīgèrén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)
=8 也 Yě surname Ye
=8 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
9 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be