母親正忙著準備晚餐。

Mother was busy getting ready for dinner.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 母親 mǔqīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. mǔqin

classifier: 個
=2 正 zhēng first month of the lunar year
=2 正 zhèng
  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive
3 忙著 mángzhe to be occupied with (doing sth)
4 準備 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
5 晚餐 wǎncān evening meal; dinner

classifiers: 份, 頓, 次