阁楼上积了灰。

Dust had accumulated in the attic.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 阁楼 gélóu
  1. garret
  2. loft
  3. attic
=2 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=2 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
3 积 jī
  1. to amass; to accumulate; to store up
  2. (math.) product (the result of multiplication)
  3. (TCM) constipation; indigestion
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 灰 huī
  1. ash
  2. dust
  3. lime
  4. gray
  5. discouraged; dejected