那时候

Character by character

• 那nà7 strokesHSK 1that, that one, those
• 时shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 時time, season; era, age, period
• 候hòu10 strokesHSK 1wait; expect; visit; greet

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 那时候. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 那nàHSK 1

  (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)

• 时候shí houHSK 1

  time; length of time; moment; period

• 时shíHSK 3

  o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

• 时间shí jiānHSK 1

  time; period

• 那么nà meHSK 2

  like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case

• 那些nà xiēHSK 1

  those

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 当时dāng shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; while

• 同时tóng shíHSK 2

  at the same time; simultaneously

• 那样nà yàngHSK 2

  that kind; that sort

• 那里nà liHSK 1

  there; that place

• 时代shí dàiHSK 3

  age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)

• 有时yǒu shíHSK 1

  sometimes; now and then

• 时刻shí kèHSK 3

  time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always

• 有时候yǒu shí houHSK 1

  sometimes

• 时尚shí shàngHSK 7

  fashion; fad; fashionable

• 那时nà shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; in those days

• 随时suí shíHSK 2

  at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 暂时zàn shíHSK 5

  temporary; provisional; for the time being

• 及时jí shíHSK 3

  timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay

• 时光shí guāngHSK 5

  time; era; period of time

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 平时píng shíHSK 2

  ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime