我屏住了呼吸等待着。

I held my breath and waited.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 屏 bīng used in 屏营 bīngyíng
=2 屏 bǐng
  1. to get rid of
  2. to put aside
  3. to reject
  4. to keep control
  5. to hold (one's breath)
=2 屏 píng (standing) screen
=2 屏 bìng toilet
3 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
=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 呼吸 hūxī to breathe
6 等待 děngdài to wait; to wait for
=7 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=7 着 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
=7 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply