他是甚麼時候回來的?

When did he get back?

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 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 shén variant of shén
=3 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=4 exclamatory final particle
=4 ma interrogative final particle
=4 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=4
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
5 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=6 回來 huílai to return; to come back
=6 回來 huílái
  1. (to come or bring) back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  2. back (used after a verb to indicate direction towards the speaker)
  3. to return; to come back; to be back
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target