麥克今天下午的會議遲到了,這是常有的事。

As is often the case, Mike was late for the meeting this afternoon.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 麥克 Mài
  1. (name) Mike; Michael
  2. (prefix) Mac-; Mc-
=1 麥克 mài (loanword) microphone
2 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
3 下午 xià
  1. afternoon
  2. p.m.

classifier:

=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 會議 huì
  1. meeting
  2. conference

classifiers: ,

6 遲到 chídào to arrive late
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
=8 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=8 zhèi (coll.) this
=9 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)
=9 shì variant of shì
=10 Cháng surname Chang
=10 cháng
  1. always
  2. ever
  3. often
  4. frequently
  5. common
  6. general
  7. constant
11 有的 yǒude
  1. (there are) some (who are...)
  2. some (exist)
=12 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=12
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)