# 當時
## Chinese
### 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).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dāngshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^1$ si$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tông-sṳ̀
    (Hailu, HRS): dong$^ˋ$ shi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tng-sî / tong-sî / tang-sî / tang-sîr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^1$ si$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$taon-sy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāngshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dangshíh
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^1$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: dāng-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangshyr
*** Palladius: данши (danši)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$當實 / 当实 當時 / 当时
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^1$ si$^4$
*** Yale: dōng sìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^1$ si$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^1$ xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ siː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-sṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˊ$ sii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dong$^1$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˋ$ shi
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ⁵³ ʃi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tng-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngsii
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² si¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ si²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tong-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongsii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tang-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dangsii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si¹³/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-sîr
*** Tâi-lô: tang-sîr
*** IPA (Longyan): /taŋ³³⁴ sz̩¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: deng$^1$ si$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳng sî
*** Sinological IPA : /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ si⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$taon-sy
*** MiniDict: taon$^平$ sy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$taan-sr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɑ̃⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/
* Middle Chinese: tang dzyi
Rime :
| Character | 當 | 時 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 都郎切 | 市之切 |
| Baxter | tang | dzyi |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tɑŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tɑŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɑŋ/ | /d͡ʑie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /taŋ/ | /d͡ʑɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /tɑŋ/ | /ʑiə/ |
| Wang Li | /tɑŋ/ | /ʑĭə/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tɑŋ/ | /ʑi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dāng | chí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dong$^1$ | si$^4$ |

#### Pronoun

當時
* at that time; at the time
       Wǒ dāngshí tīng nǐ de le, cái yǒu jīntiān ya. [Pinyin]
       If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today.
       Tā de rénwùhuà zài dāngshí kěwèi dēngfēngzàojí. [Pinyin]
       His painting of people attained a level never known before.
       Zhè shì dāngshí zuòyuèzi lào xià de bìnggēn. [Pinyin]
       This symptom is caused by the previous improper postpartum care that she received.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 那時候, 那時, 當時, 那會兒 colloquial, 那會子 colloquial, 那陣兒 colloquial, 那陣子 colloquial, 其時 literary, 彼時 literary |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 那會兒, 那氣兒, 那一氣兒, 那兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 那會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 那會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 兀當番 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 奈會兒, 誤會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奈塊, 奈會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 那晚兒, 那晚子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 那會兒, 那會會, 那陣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 那會兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 那陣, 那哈兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 那下, 那一下子, 那咱, 那麼咱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 那時候, 那下, 那崗, 那一崗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 那發子, 那一發子, 那一發, 那博子, 那一博子, 那陣子, 那一陣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 那陣子, 那一陣子, 那咱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 那陣子, 當其時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗰陣, 嗰陣時, 嗰時, 嗰排 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗰陣, 嗰陣時, 嗰時, 嗰排, 當時, 當其時 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嗰陣時, 嗰下 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 許時間, 許場中 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 那和崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 那時仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 該下 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 那駁子, 那套子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 該時, 該下, 該央時, 當下, 當時 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 該時, 該下, 該下仔, 該當時, 該時節, 該央時, 當下, 當時 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 該時, 該下, 該當時, 當下, 當時 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 該時, 該下, 該當時, 該央時, 當下, 當時 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 該時, 該下, 該當時, 當下, 當時 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 遐時, 遐下, 遐個時, 遐睏子, 當下, 當時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 那一將, 那歇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兀霎霎 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 兀會兒, 那歇子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 許𣆯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 彼陣, 彼擺, 彼過, 彼站, 彼當時, 彼站時, 彼時陣, 遐久, 當其時, 當時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 彼陣, 彼擺, 彼過, 彼站, 彼站仔, 彼站時, 彼時陣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 彼陣, 彼久 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 彼陣, 彼擺, 彼時陣, 彼站仔, 彼當時, 彼輒, 彼輒仔, 遐久, 遐久仔, 當其時, 當時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 彼陣, 彼站, 彼時, 彼陣仔, 彼時陣, 彼當時仔, 斯當時 GT, 彼當時 GT, 彼當陣 GT, 當當時 GT, 向陣 GT |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 彼時, 彼站, 彼站時, 彼當時, 當當時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 許陣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 許陣, 許𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 那時候, 許時候, 那時, 許時, 那下, 許下, 那向, 許向, 許歇, 那歇, 許歇仔, 那歇仔, 許向仔, 那向仔, 許一向仔, 那一向仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 一歇辰光, 伊歇辰光, 當時, 當時候 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 那氣子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàngshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˋ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^1$ si$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàngshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˋ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàngshíh
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^4$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: dàng-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danqshyr
*** Palladius: данши (danši)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^1$ si$^4$
*** Yale: dōng sìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^1$ si$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^1$ xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ siː²¹/

#### Adverb

當時
* at once; immediately; right away

##### Synonyms

* 即便 (jíbiàn) (literary)
* 即刻 (jíkè)
* 即時 / 即时 (jíshí) (formal)
* 及時 / 及时 (jíshí)
* 應時 / 应时 (yìngshí)
* 當即 / 当即 (dāngjí)
* 登即 (dēngjí)
* 登時 / 登时 (dēngshí)
* 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
* 眼見 / 眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
* 立刻 (lìkè)
* 立即 (lìjí)
* 立時 / 立时 (lìshí)
* 立馬 / 立马 (lìmǎ)
* 第一時間 / 第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
* 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
* 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
* 頓時 / 顿时 (dùnshí)
* 馬上 / 马上 (mǎshàng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 馬上, 立刻亮兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 馬上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 跟著, 馬上, 眼看著 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眼看, 當下, 說聲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眼看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 馬上, 眼看 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 馬上, 立馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 馬上, 接身, 眼看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 馬上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬即, 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 即刻, 當下 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 即午, 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 跟手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬上, 仰上 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 黏時, 隨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 當時 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 即刻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 馬上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眼看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬上 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 此刻, 馬上, 連刻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 連鞭, 隨, 即時, 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 隨, 隨隨, 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 隨時, 馬上, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 隨時, 靈時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當下, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 即刻, 登場 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眼看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 馬上 |
| Wu | Danyang | 跟手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 立馬兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 隨手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 馬上 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬上, 𪐀噠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬下 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 馬上 |

### Pronunciation 3

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tang-sî / tiang-sî
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tang-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dangsii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiang-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tiang-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diangsii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/

#### Adverb

當時
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) when
    From: 2019, 郭忠祐 (York Kuo), 《心內戲》
    bô tùi-chhiú ê chit chhut hì, tang-sî chiah ē oân-kiat-phiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    In this drama without other actors, when will it be the final act?

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 曷, 何時, 幾時 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 何時, 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多咱兒, 多會兒, 多咱, 多早, 多早晚兒, 多咱晚兒, 多晚兒, 幾兒, 幾兒個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 啥時候, 多會兒, 多前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 啥時候兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱, 多晚, 多晚兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 多咱, 多晚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 啥時候, 多前兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 多咱兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 多會兒, 多怎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 多會兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多咱, 什麼時候, 麼時候 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 多亥兒, 多時晚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 多咱, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 多咱晚兒, 啥時候兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 多乎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 幾當番 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 啥時候兒, 多早兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 多乎兒, 啥時候, 阿個時候, 阿會兒, 阿空兒, 多咱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 早晚, 多咱, 多會兒, 啥時候, 什麼時候 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥時候兒, 幾時, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 幾時, 多會, 多會兒, 啥時候 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 什麼時節 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 啥時節, 啥時候, 多會兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪陣, 哪陣子, 啥子時候, 啥子時候兒, 啥時候兒, 哪個時候, 好久 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼咱, 幾時, 幾咱, 幾麼咱, 哪咱, 哪麼咱, 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 好久, 哪崗, 哪下, 哪陣, 哪樣時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 什麼時候, 多陣, 哪陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幾時, 哪時, 什麼時候 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 什麼時候, 幾時, 多咱, 多咱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 什麼時候, 多晚子, 多晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 什麼時候, 多早晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哄晌子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 幾時, 邊時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾場中, 幾時間 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 什仔時分 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 咋個時會, 咋個時仔, 幾時, 幾時仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾時, 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 一惹時候 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耐幾時 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪下仔, 哪時, 哪時節, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪當時, 哪量時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪時, 哪央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 哪量時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾時, 哪時, 麼個時, 麼個時務 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 幾時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麼老時候, 何時, 哪一歇 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麼唉時候, 哪扎 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 底物時候, 底物時間 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 底物時候 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 什麼時候 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 底物時候 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 什時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 什會兒, 多會兒, 哪會兒, 什麼時候, 什時候 |
| Jin | Linhe | 什時候, 多咱會兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 多會兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 什時候 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 什麼時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 啥時候 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰時候, 孰麼時候 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇辰候, 乜乇時間 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 什乇時候 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 當時, 底時, 底當時 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 幾時, 幾當仔, 幾當時仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乜時候, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𫢗時, 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底𫢗時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𫢗時, 底時 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乜候 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 底時候, 乜時候, 底時, 底個時候, 乜物時候, 乜個時候, 個乜時候 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾時 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾時, 哪時 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 何辰光, 幾場浪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪歇候, 哪娘收, 哪早晚, 點高時候 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 啥格辰光 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥辰光, 咋辰光, 幾時 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何時節, 幾恁界 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幾時, 淡時節, 哪樣時節, 哪樣節, 哪時節, 待時節, 哪孑, 哪孑時節 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麼子時候 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麼子時際, 麼子時界, 麼子時界唧 |

### Pronunciation 4

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong-sî
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-sî
*** Tâi-lô: tong-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongsii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si¹³/

#### Verb

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

##### Synonyms

* 大火 (dàhuǒ) (figurative)
* 好利路 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 時興 / 时兴 (shíxīng)
* 時行 / 时行 (shíxíng)
* 暢行 / 畅行 (chàngxíng)
* 流行 (liúxíng)
* 爆紅 / 爆红 (bàohóng) (to reach instant fame)
* 盛行 (shèngxíng)
* 行時 / 行时 (xíngshí)
* 走紅 / 走红 (zǒuhóng) (colloquial)
* 風行 / 风行 (fēngxíng)
* 風靡 / 风靡 (fēngmǐ)
* 飆紅 / 飙红 (biāohóng) (to reach instant fame)

#### Adverb

當時
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) in the process of; currently

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 正在, 在 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 正在, 在 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 正在, 在 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 在 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 喺度 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 在該 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 在該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 在該 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 著𡅏 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 著𡅏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佇, 佇咧 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 在 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 在 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 在 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 |

### References

* “當時”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “當時”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “当时”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 439.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 當 | 時 |
| とう Hyōgai | じ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | goon |
For pronunciation and definitions of 當時 – see the following entry. :
| 【当時とうじ】 | [noun] then, at that time |
(This term, 當時, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 當 | 時 |

### Noun

當時 • (dangsi) (hangeul 당시)
* hanja form of 당시 (“the time in question”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 當 | 時 |

### Adjective

當時
* chữ Hán form of đương thời (“around the point in time in question”).