当时
當時HSK 2freq #505
Meanings
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- 1.then; at that time
- 1.immediately; right then
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Wiktionary
- 1.at that time; at the time
- 2.at once; immediately; right away
- 3.when
- 4.to be in fashion; to be in vogue
- 5.in the process of; currently
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Etymology
Taiwanese Hokkien “when” probably comes from a semantic shift from “at that time”; the pronunciation difference is used to distinguish the two senses (Yang, 2002).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Characters
Example sentences
您当时在忙吗？
Were you busy?
汤姆当时在哭。
Tom was crying.
我当时是学生。
I was a student at that time.
我当时是高中生。
I was a high school student at that time.
我当时在卫生间。
I was in the bathroom.
他当时一个人在家。
He was home alone at the time.
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Synonyms
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