(nà shí) - at that time, then in Mandarin

nàshí

Traditional: 那時

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Translation

at that time, then

Word origin

那时 (nàshí) 'at that time' joins the demonstrative 那 'that' with 时 'time'. 时 is a phono-semantic compound of 日 'sun, day' plus the phonetic 寺.

Origin: compound
Root: 那 (that) + 时 (time: 日 sun + 寺 phonetic)

Stroke order

那

时

Examples

。

I was still young at that time.

。

Back then none of us were sensible.

。

Life was simpler then.

。

At that time I was still at school.

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Back then I was still very young.

那时 (nà shí) means at that time or then.

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This word is part of lesson 20.