他坐在一张空桌旁。

He's sitting at an empty table.

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 坐 Zuò surname Zuo
=2 坐 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of 座 zuò
3 在 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)
4 一 yī
  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
=5 张 Zhāng surname Zhang
=5 张 zhāng
  1. to open up
  2. to spread
  3. sheet of paper
  4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
  5. classifier for votes
=6 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
=6 空 kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
=6 空 kǒng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
  2. alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
=7 桌 zhuō
  1. table
  2. desk
  3. classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
=7 桌 zhuō old variant of 桌 zhuō
=8 旁 páng
  1. one side
  2. other
  3. different
  4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 dāo, 亻 rén etc)
=8 旁 bàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傍 (“to be near to; to approach; to depend on; to rely on”)
  2. alternative form of 傍 (“to be near to; to approach; to depend on; to rely on”)
=8 旁 péng only used in 旁勃
=8 旁 bēng only used in 旁旁 (bēngbēng)