昨天我釣了三條魚。

I caught three fish yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 釣 diào to fish with a hook and line; to angle
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=5 三條 sāntiáo three of a kind (poker)
=5 三條 Sāntiáo
  1. (card games) three of a kind
  2. (～市) Sanjō (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Sanjō (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  4. three of a kind
=6 魚 Yú surname Yu
=6 魚 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 èyú and octopi 章鱼 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾