電話響的時候，我們正在外面。

When the phone rang, we were out.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 電話 diànhuà
  1. telephone
  2. phone call
  3. phone number

classifiers: 部, 通
2 響 xiǎng
  1. echo
  2. sound
  3. noise
  4. to make a sound
  5. to sound
  6. to ring
  7. loud
  8. classifier for noises
=3 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
5 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
6 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
7 外面 wàimiàn
  1. outside (also pr. wàimian for this sense)
  2. surface
  3. exterior
  4. external appearance