他等了很长的时间。 他等了很長的時間。 他等了很長的時間。

He was waiting for a long time.

Simplified

他等了很长的时间。

Traditional (Taiwan)

他等了很長的時間。

Pinyin

Tā děng le hěn cháng de shíjiān.

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄉㄥˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄏㄣˇ ㄔㄤˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ。

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 等(děng)wait for
• 了(le)marks a completed action
• 很(hěn)very
• 长(cháng)long
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 时(shí)间(jiān)time

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

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