马

horse

Mandarin → English

Example

这匹马跑得非常快。
This horse runs very fast.
Pronunciation: Juh pee mah pao duh fay-chang kwai.
Grammar: 匹 (pǐ) is the measure word for horses. The pattern 跑得非常快 uses 得 (de) to link the verb 跑 to a degree complement 非常快 describing how it runs.