别在吃饭时读书。 別在吃飯時讀書。 別在吃飯時讀書。

Do not read during the meal.

Simplified

别在吃饭时读书。

Traditional (Taiwan)

別在吃飯時讀書。

Pinyin

Bié zài chīfàn shí dúshū.

Bopomofo

ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄔ ㄈㄢˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ。

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

Words in this sentence

• 别(bié)leave
• 在(zài)(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• 吃(chī)饭(fàn)have a meal
• 时(shí)o'clock
• 读(dú)书(shū)read a book

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by verdastelo9604, with the English translation by Kikra77. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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