剛才我的麥克風沒起作用,不知道為什麼。

For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 剛才 gāngcái
  1. just now
  2. a moment ago
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=3 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 麥克風 màifēng (loanword) microphone
=5 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=5
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
6 起作用 zuòyòng
  1. to have an effect
  2. to play a role
  3. to be operative
  4. to work
  5. to function
7 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=8 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=8 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
9 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?