已经很晚了，但是他还在工作。 已經很晚了，但是他還在工作。 已經很晚了，但是他還在工作。

It's already very late, but he is still at work.

Simplified

已经很晚了，但是他还在工作。

Traditional (Taiwan)

已經很晚了，但是他還在工作。

Pinyin

Yǐjīng hěn wǎn le, dànshì tā hái zài gōngzuò.

Bopomofo

ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄣˇ ㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ，ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄞˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ。

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

• 已(yǐ)经(jīng)already
• 很(hěn)very
• 晚(wǎn)evening
• 了(le)marks a change of state
• 但(dàn)是(shì)but
• 他(tā)him
• 还(hái)still
• 在(zài)(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• 工(gōng)作(zuò)work

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

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