「這是阿拉伯文嗎?」「不是,這是維吾爾文,一種中國西北部的語言。」

"Is this Arabic?" "No, it's Uyghur - a language that's spoken in northwestern China."

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
=2 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)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 阿拉伯文 Āwén Arabic (language & writing)
=3 阿拉伯文 āwén Arabic (language)
=4 (coll.) what?
=4 used in 嗎啡 fēi
=4 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
=5 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=5 不是 shi fault; blame
=6 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=6 zhèi (coll.) this
=7 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)
=7 shì variant of shì
8 維吾爾文 wéiwú'ěrwén
  1. Uyghur script
  2. written Uyghur language
9 一種 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
10 中國 Zhōngguó China
=11 西北部 běi northwest part
=11 西北部 běi north-west (area, part)
=12 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 跑堂兒的 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=13 語言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=13 語言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell