十年前他来到了中国。 He arrived in China ten years ago. Traditional 十年前他來到了中國。 Pinyin Shínián qián tā láidàole Zhōngguó. Bopomofo ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences