微風在湖面上掀起了一絲絲漣漪。

A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 微風 wēifēng
  1. breeze
  2. light wind
2 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)
3 湖面 húmiàn lake surface
=4 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=4 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
5 掀起 xiānqǐ
  1. to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
  2. (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
  3. (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
7 一絲絲 yīsīsī very tiny
8 漣漪 liányī ripple