我在人行道上發現了一枚硬幣。

I found a coin on the sidewalk.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 人行道 rénxíngdào sidewalk
=4 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=4 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
5 發現 xiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
7
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=8 Méi surname Mei
=8 méi
  1. classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than )
  2. classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc
  3. (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai")
  4. (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
9 硬幣 yìng coin

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