父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。

Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 父亲 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
2 常常 chángcháng frequently; often
3 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
4 空闲 kòngxián
  1. leisure; spare time
  2. (of a person) free; unoccupied
  3. (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
5 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
=6 读 dòu
  1. comma
  2. phrase marked by pause
=6 读 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
7 侦探小说 zhēntànxiǎoshuō detective novel