電車五分鐘後要發車。

The tram leaves in 5 minutes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 電車 diànchē
  1. tram; streetcar
  2. trolleybus
  3. electric car
  4. e-bike
  5. (in the context of Japan) electric train
2 五 wǔ
  1. five
  2. 5
3 分鐘 fēnzhōng minute
4 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
6 發車 fāchē
  1. departure (of a coach or train)
  2. to dispatch a vehicle