不好意思，我母亲不在家。

I'm sorry, my mother's not at home.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi
  1. to feel embarrassed
  2. to find it embarrassing
  3. to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 母亲 mǔqīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. mǔqin

classifier: 個
4 不在 bùzài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
=5 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=5 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=5 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)