This place still looks the same as it did a long time ago.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
古时候
in ancient times
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in ancient times
02
in olden days
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 古时候 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 古时候 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The pyramids were built in ancient times.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 古时候.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 古时候.
Directly before
- 在古时候1
- 是古时候1
Directly after
- 古时候一样1
- 古时候建造1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 古时候
What does 古时候 mean in Chinese?
古时候 (gǔshíhou) means in ancient times.
How do you pronounce 古时候?
古时候 is pronounced gǔshíhou.
Is 古时候 an HSK word?
古时候 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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