我曾经居住在一个小镇上。

I lived in a small town.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 曾经 céngjīng
  1. once
  2. already
  3. former
  4. previously
  5. ever
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
3 居住 jūzhù
  1. to reside
  2. to dwell
  3. to live in a place
  4. resident in
4 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)
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 小镇 xiǎozhèn small town; village
=7 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=7 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