晶體管的發明標誌著一個新時代的開始。

The invention of the transistor marked a new era.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 晶體管 jīngguǎn transistor
=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 發明 míng
  1. to invent
  2. an invention

classifier:

4 標誌 biāozhì
  1. sign; mark; symbol; logo
  2. to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
=5 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=5 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=5 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=5 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=5 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
=6 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=6 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
7 新時代 xīnshídài new age
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

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