小偷一看到警车就跑走了。 The thief ran off as soon as he saw the police car. Traditional 小偷一看到警車就跑走了。 Pinyin Xiǎotōu yí kàndào jǐngchē jiù pǎo zǒule. Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄡ ㄧˊ ㄎㄢˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄜ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄠˇ ㄗㄡˇ ˙ㄌㄜ。 Where this sentence is used The 一 ... 就 pattern in Chinese grammar (yī ... jiù): as soon as, once, whenever All Chinese example sentences