我整天都在打電話給他，但是卻打不通。

I've tried calling him all day, but the line is busy.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 整天 zhěngtiān
  1. all day long
  2. whole day
=3 都 Dū surname Du
=3 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=3 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
4 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 打電話 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
=6 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=6 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
7 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
8 但是 dànshì but; however
9 卻 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
10 打不通 dǎbutōng cannot get through (on phone)