汤姆出神地一边看着天空一边吸着香烟。

Lost in thought, Tom watched the sky as he smoked a cigarette.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 出神 chūshén
  1. spellbound
  2. entranced
  3. lost in thought
=3 地 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=3 地 dì
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier: 片
4 一边 yībiān
  1. one side
  2. either side
  3. on the one hand
  4. on the other hand
  5. doing while
=5 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=5 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=6 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
=6 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
=6 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=6 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
7 天空 tiānkōng sky
8 一边 yībiān
  1. one side
  2. either side
  3. on the one hand
  4. on the other hand
  5. doing while
9 吸着 xīzhuó sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
=10 香烟 xiāngyān smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line

classifiers: 支, 條, 根, 包, 盒
=10 香烟 xiāngyān