我打了電話給你,但卻接不通。

I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr.
=2
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 diànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 shǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 hòu "since then")
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4 電話 diànhuà
  1. telephone
  2. phone call
  3. phone number

classifiers: ,

=5 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=5
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=6 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=6 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
7 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
8 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
9 jiē
  1. to receive
  2. to answer (the phone)
  3. to meet or welcome sb
  4. to connect
  5. to catch
  6. to join
  7. to extend
  8. to take one's turn on duty
  9. to take over for sb
10 不通 tōng
  1. to be obstructed
  2. to be blocked up
  3. to be impassable
  4. to make no sense
  5. to be illogical