等到警察來的時候，天大概也黑了吧。

It will be dark by the time the police come here.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 等到 děngdào
  1. to wait until
  2. by the time when (sth is ready etc)
2 警察 jǐngchá police; police officer
3 來的 láide
  1. (regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  2. at; in
  3. synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  4. to be at; to be in; to exist
  5. used to indicate the continuous aspect
4 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
5 天大 tiāndà
  1. gargantuan
  2. as big as the sky
  3. enormous
=6 概 gài
  1. (bound form) general; approximate
  2. without exception; categorically
  3. (bound form) bearing; deportment
=6 概 gài old variant of 概 gài
=7 也 Yě surname Ye
=7 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
=8 黑 Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江 Hēilóngjiāng
=8 黑 hēi
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sinister
  4. secret
  5. shady
  6. illegal
  7. to hide (sth) away
  8. to vilify
  9. (loanword) to hack (computing)
=9 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=10 吧 bā
  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 貼吧 tiēbā
=10 吧 ba
  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.
=10 吧 biā (onom.) smack!
=10 吧 pā only used in 吧呀