游泳選手們凍僵了。

The swimmers were numb with cold.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 游泳 yóuyǒng
  1. swimming
  2. to swim
=1 游泳 yóuyǒng misspelling of 游泳 (yóuyǒng)
2 選手 xuǎnshǒu
  1. athlete
  2. contestant
3 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
4 凍僵 dòngjiāng
  1. frozen stiff
  2. numb with cold
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào