士兵們守衛著這座橋。

The soldiers were guarding the bridge.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 士兵 shìbīng soldier

classifier: 個
2 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
3 守衛 shǒuwèi
  1. to guard
  2. to defend
=4 著 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 著 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 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 著 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=4 著 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
=5 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=5 這 zhèi (coll.) this
6 座 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
7 橋 qiáo bridge

classifier: 座