我在洗澡的时候，电话响了。 我在洗澡的時候，電話響了。 我在洗澡的時候，電話響了。

The phone rang while I was taking a shower.

Simplified

我在洗澡的时候，电话响了。

Traditional (Taiwan)

我在洗澡的時候，電話響了。

Pinyin

Wǒ zài xǐzǎo de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le.

Bopomofo

ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ，ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄌㄜ。

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

Words in this sentence

• 我(wǒ)I
• 在(zài)(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• 洗(xǐ)澡(zǎo)bathe
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 时(shí)候(hou)time
• 电(diàn)话(huà)telephone
• 响(xiǎng)echo
• 了(le)marks a change of state

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

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