当时

当时 dāngshí in a sentence

Then (at the time)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 6 sentences

当时 (dāngshí) means Then (at the time). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

当时 我正在开会。

Dāngshí wǒ zhèngzài kāi huì.

At that time I was in a meeting.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当时

当时 的情况很复杂。

Dāngshí de qíngkuàng hěn fùzá.

The situation at the time was complicated.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当时

当时 的心情很复杂。

Tā dāngshí de xīnqíng hěn fùzá.

His feelings at the time were complicated.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 复杂

From the graded readers

当时 没有回答。

wǒ dāngshí méiyǒu huídá.

I didn't answer at the time.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty

当时 非常生气,直接把她的微信删了。

wǒ dāngshí fēicháng shēngqì, zhíjiē bǎ tā de / dì wēi xìn shān le / liǎo / liào.

I was furious and deleted her from WeChat there and then.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding

说实话,我 当时 并不想参加,是室友帮我报的名。

shuō shíhuà, wǒ dāngshí bìngbù xiǎng cānjiā, shì shì yǒu bāng wǒ bào de / dì míng.

To be honest I didn't want to enter; my roommate signed me up.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

Questions about 当时

How is 当时 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 当时 (dāngshí, "Then (at the time)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 当时 an HSK word?

Yes — 当时 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 当时?

The dictionary page for 当时 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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