當時
Chinese
    
| to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at | o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | ||
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| trad. (當時) | 當 | 時 | |
| simp. (当时) | 当 | 时 | |
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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Synonyms of 當時
Pronunciation 2
    
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Synonyms of 當時
Dialectal synonyms of 馬上 (“immediately; at once”) [map]
Pronunciation 3
    
Adverb
    
當時
Synonyms
    
	Dialectal synonyms of 什麼時候 (“when”) [map]
Pronunciation 4
    
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Synonyms
    
	Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words | 
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 | 
| Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
| Guilin | 在 | |
| Malaysia | 正在, 在 | |
| Singapore | 正在, 在 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | 
| Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 喺度 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 | 
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 | 
| Fuqing | 著𡅏 | |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 著𡅏 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | 
| Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 | |
| Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 佇, 佇咧 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 在 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 在 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 辣, 辣辣, 辣海 | 
| Ningbo | 來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒 | |
| Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 | |
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 當 | 時 | 
| とう Hyōgaiji | じ Grade: 2 | 
| on’yomi | goon | 
| For pronunciation and definitions of 當時 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 當時, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) | 
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