How to Say ‘When boarding’ in Traditional Chinese
登機的時候
dēng jī de shí hòu
[dēngjī de shíhou]
💬 Usage Tip: Add 的時候 after an action to mean "when doing it": 吃飯的時候 "while eating".
Phrase Breakdown
登機
dēng jī
[dēngjī]
to board (a plane)
To get on an airplane.
登機前請關手機。
Please turn off your phone before boarding.
的
de
[de]
(linking particle)
Links a description to the noun it modifies.
吃飯的時候不要看手機。
Don't look at your phone while eating.
時候
shí hòu
[shíhou]
when
Refers to the time at which something happened or happens.
我來的時候，他在聽音樂。
When I came, he was listening to music.
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