昨晚我們在屋頂上看星星。

Last night we were stargazing on the roof.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨晚 zuówǎn
  1. yesterday evening
  2. last night
2 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
3 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)
4 屋頂 wūdǐng roof
=5 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=5 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
=6 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=6 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=7 星星 xīngxing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
=7 星星 xīngxīng
  1. (literary, figurative) salt-and-pepper; grizzled
  2. (～社區) Xingxing (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  3. Xingxing (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  4. salt-and-pepper; grizzled
  5. tiny spot; speck