那隻貓是怎麼爬上屋頂的？

How did the cat manage to climb on the roof?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 那 Nā surname Na
=1 那 Nuó surname Nuo
=1 那 nǎ variant of 哪 nǎ
=1 那 nà
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=1 那 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of 挪 nuó
2 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=3 貓 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier: 隻
=3 貓 máo used in 貓腰 máoyāo
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
6 爬上 páshàng to climb up
7 屋頂 wūdǐng roof
=8 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target