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表示时间:……的时候

HSK 2Lesson 4
"……的时候" Indicating Time
解释Explanation

"数量+的时候"表示时间。"动词+的时候"也表示时间。

"Number-Measure + 的时候" indicates a time, as does "Verb + 的时候".

例句Examples
  • 今天早上八点的时候我没在家。
    Jīntiān zǎoshang bā diǎn de shíhou wǒ méi zài jiā.
    I wasn't home at 8 this morning.
  • 我十八岁的时候一个人来到北京。
    Wǒ shíbā suì de shíhou yí ge rén lái dào Běijīng.
    I came to Beijing alone when I was eighteen.
  • 我十一岁的时候开始踢足球。
    Wǒ shíyī suì de shíhou kāishǐ tī zúqiú.
    I started playing football when I was eleven.
  • 我睡觉的时候,我妈妈在做饭。
    Wǒ shuì jiào de shíhou, wǒ māma zài zuò fàn.
    While I was sleeping, my mother was cooking.
  • 麦克到学校的时候下雨了。
    Màikè dào xuéxiào de shíhou xià yǔ le.
    It started raining when Mike arrived at school.
练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: It started raining when Mike arrived at school.

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(all chips placed — tap one in the answer to take it back)