那时候
HSK 2 (2021)
那时候 (nà shíhou) · at that time
那时候 (nà shíhou) means “at that time”. It is written with 3 characters: 那 (that) + 时 (time) + 候 (time). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 那时候 is built
The characters
那 nà · that
What 那 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
候 hòu · time
What 候 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 矦hóu — target in archery
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 矦 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
那时候我才十岁。Nà shíhou wǒ cái shí suì.At that time I was only ten.
那时候你住在哪儿？Nà shíhou nǐ zhù zài nǎr?Where did you live at that time?
Questions about 那时候
What does 那时候 mean?
那时候 (nà shíhou) means “at that time”.
How do you pronounce 那时候?
那时候 is pronounced nà shíhou.
Which HSK level is 那时候?
那时候 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 那边nàbianover there
- 那里nàlithere
- 那儿nàrthere
- 那些nàxiēthose
- 那会儿nàhuìrat that time
- 那么nàmeso
- 那样nàyànglike that
- 刹那chànàinstant
- 那个nàgethat
- 那nàthat
Learn 那时候 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 77: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.