小貓的脖子上繫著一條絲帶。

The cat had a ribbon around its neck.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 小貓 xiǎomāo kitten
=2 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 脖子 zi neck

classifier:

=4 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=4 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
=5
  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up
=5
  1. to connect
  2. to arrest
  3. to worry
=6 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=6 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
=6 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=6 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=6 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
7
  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
8 tiáo
  1. strip
  2. item
  3. article
  4. clause (of law or treaty)
  5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
9 絲帶 dài ribbon