她在一棵树下坐着。

She was sitting under a tree.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
5 树下 shùxià an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 樹下, Kinoshita
=6 坐 Zuò surname Zuo
=6 坐 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of 座 zuò
=7 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=7 着 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
=7 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply