对不起,刚才没听见。 Sorry, I didn't hear you. Traditional 對不起,剛才沒聽見。 Pinyin Duìbùqǐ, gāngcái méi tīngjiàn. Bopomofo ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ,ㄍㄤ ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences