我用絲帶在頭上紮了一個馬尾辮。

I used a ribbon to tie my hair into a ponytail.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
3 絲帶 sīdài ribbon
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 頭上 tóushàng
  1. overhead
  2. above
=6 紮 zā
  1. to tie
  2. to bind
  3. classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
  4. Taiwan pr. zhá
=6 紮 zhā
  1. (of troops) to be stationed (at)
  2. Taiwan pr. zhá
=7 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=7 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=8 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=8 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
9 馬尾辮 mǎwěibiàn ponytail