All of a sudden, she began to laugh.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
这时
at this time
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
at this time
02
at this moment
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 这时 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 这时 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
We were about to start, when it began to rain.
Just then, the workers in the park brought over some small playing cards.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 这时.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 这时.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 这时就是1
- 这时天空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 这时
What does 这时 mean in Chinese?
这时 (zhèshí) means at this time.
How do you pronounce 这时?
这时 is pronounced zhèshí.
Is 这时 an HSK word?
这时 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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