他把天花板刷成了蓝色。

He painted the ceiling blue.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=2 把 bà handle
=2 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
3 天花板 tiānhuābǎn
  1. ceiling (of a room)
  2. (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
=4 刷 shuā
  1. a brush
  2. to paint; to daub
  3. to brush; to scrub
  4. (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)
  5. (onom.) swish; rustle
  6. to swipe (a card)
  7. to scroll on (a phone)
  8. (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
=4 刷 shuà to select
5 成了 chéngle
  1. to be done
  2. to be ready
  3. that's enough!
  4. that will do!
6 蓝色 lánsè blue (color)