你什麼時候開始打高爾夫球？

When did you begin playing golf?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 什麼時候 shénmeshíhou when?; at what time?
3 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個
=4 打 dá
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. dǎ
=4 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
=5 高爾夫球 gāoěrfūqiú
  1. golf
  2. golf ball
=5 高爾夫球 gāo'ěrfūqiú
  1. golf
  2. golf ball