祖父常常邊看報紙邊點頭。

My grandfather often nods over his newspaper.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 祖父 zǔfù
  1. father's father
  2. paternal grandfather
2 常常 chángcháng frequently; often
=3 邊 biān
  1. side
  2. edge
  3. margin
  4. border
  5. boundary
  6. simultaneously

classifier: 個
=3 邊 bian suffix of a noun of locality
4 看報 kànbào to read a newspaper
5 紙 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: 張, 沓
=6 邊 biān
  1. side
  2. edge
  3. margin
  4. border
  5. boundary
  6. simultaneously

classifier: 個
=6 邊 bian suffix of a noun of locality
7 點頭 diǎntóu to nod