他抬頭望著天空。

He was looking upward to the sky.

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 抬頭 táitóu
  1. to raise one's head; to look up
  2. (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth
  3. (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
=3 望 wàng
  1. full moon
  2. to hope
  3. to expect
  4. to visit
  5. to gaze (into the distance)
  6. to look towards
  7. towards
=3 望 wàng
  1. 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
  2. old variant of 望 wàng
=4 著 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=4 著 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
=4 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 著 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=4 著 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
5 天空 tiānkōng sky