他過馬路時差點被車撞。

He was nearly hit by the car while crossing the street.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  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 and 他人 rén)
2 過馬路 guò to cross the street
3 時差 shíchā
  1. time difference
  2. time lag
  3. jet lag
4 diǎn
  1. to touch briefly; to tap
  2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  3. to order (food etc); to select
  4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
  5. to hint at; to imply
  6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
  7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
  8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
  9. point; dot; spot; speck
  10. dot stroke in Chinese characters
  11. (math.) decimal point
  12. point in time or space
  13. (after a number) o'clock
  14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
  15. classifier for small amounts
=5 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=5
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=5 alternative form of
=6 Chē surname Che
=6 chē
  1. car
  2. vehicle
  3. machine
  4. to shape with a lathe
  5. Kangxi radical 159

classifier:

=6
  1. war chariot (archaic)
  2. rook (in Chinese chess)
  3. rook (in chess)
7 zhuàng
  1. to knock against
  2. to bump into
  3. to run into
  4. to meet by accident