猫喜欢追着毛线球跑。

Cats love to run after balls of wool.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 猫 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier: 隻
=1 猫 máo used in 猫腰 máoyāo
2 喜欢 xǐhuan to like; to be fond of
=3 追 duī
  1. to sculpt
  2. to carve
  3. musical instrument (old)
=3 追 zhuī
  1. to chase
  2. to pursue
  3. to look into
  4. to investigate
  5. to reminisce
  6. to recall
  7. to court (one's beloved)
  8. to binge-watch (a TV drama)
  9. retroactively
  10. posthumously
=4 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
=4 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
=4 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
5 毛线 máoxiàn
  1. knitting wool
  2. wool yarn
=6 球 qiú ball used for playing games (variant of 球 qiú)
=6 球 qiú
  1. ball
  2. sphere
  3. globe
  4. ball game
  5. match

classifiers: 個, 場
=7 跑 páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
=7 跑 pǎo
  1. to run
  2. to run away
  3. to escape
  4. to run around (on errands etc)
  5. (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
  6. (verb complement) away
  7. off