HSK 2 · Past & present

那时候

nà shí hou

at that time

Stroke order of 那时候

3 characters, 23 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

那 · 6 strokes 时 · 7 strokes候 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

那 is that, 时 is time, 候 is a person 亻 waiting: that waiting moment.

Parts: 那 that + 时候 time

The characters in 那时候

那 nà — that (6 strokes)
时 shí — time; hour; when (7 strokes)

Example sentence

那时候我住在北京。

At that time I lived in Beijing.

Words with 那

那that 那儿there 那里there 那边that side; there 那些those 那时at that time 那会儿at that time 那么so; like that 那样like that

Words with 时

小时hour 时间time 时候time; moment (when...)有时sometimes 有时候sometimes 小时候in childhood 当时at that time 那时at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 随时at any time 同时at the same time 平时usually; normally 时time; hour; when 时代era; age 时刻moment; always 及时timely; promptly

Words with 候

时候time; moment (when...)有时候sometimes 小时候in childhood 这时候at this moment 气候climate

More words: Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 后来afterwards; later 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 过去the past; to go over 最近recently 原来originally; so it turns out 已经already 早就long ago; already

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