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當時

简当时 · 繁當時

Mandarin · pinyin dāng shí#

then; at that time

Mandarin · pinyin dàng shí#

immediately; right then

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當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
时: shí · time, season; era, age, period

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1–2 · dang1 shi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dong1 si4

Cantonese word readings for 當時. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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pron

at that time; at the time

adv

at once; immediately; right away

adv

(Taiwanese Hokkien) when

verb

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be in fashion; to be in vogue

adv

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) in the process of; currently

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