他快要睡了。 他快要睡了。 他快要睡了。

He was just on the verge of going to sleep.

Simplified

他快要睡了。

Pinyin

Tā kuàiyào shuìle.

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄌㄜ。

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 快(kuài)要(yào)about to (do sth)
• 睡(shuì)sleep
• 了(le)marks a change of state

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by slo_oth, with the English translation by CK. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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