我父亲常在吃饭时看报纸。

My father will often read the newspaper during meals.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 父亲 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
3 常在 chángzài
  1. (Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) often; frequently; usually
  2. (historical) first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
  3. first-class female attendant during the Qing dynasty
  4. often; frequently; usually
  5. to exist always; to be constantly present
4 吃饭 chīfàn
  1. to have a meal
  2. to eat
  3. to make a living
=5 时 shí old variant of 时 shí
=5 时 Shí surname Shi
=5 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
6 看报 kànbào to read a newspaper
=7 纸 zhǐ variant of 纸 zhǐ
=7 纸 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: 張, 沓