他用手撑着下巴,听着。

He was listening with his chin resting on his hand.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他用 yòng
  1. other use
  2. other purpose
2 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: ,

=3 chēng
  1. to support
  2. to prop up
  3. to push or move with a pole
  4. to maintain
  5. to open or unfurl
  6. to fill to bursting point
  7. brace
  8. stay
  9. support
=3 chéng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of /𫏃 (cháng, “to kneel and make obeisance”)
  2. alternative form of /𫏃 (cháng, “to kneel and make obeisance”)
=4 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=4 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
=4 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
5 下巴 xiàba chin
=6 yǐn smile (archaic)
=6 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
=7 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 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 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply