这时候

Character by character

• 这zhè8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 這this, the, here
• 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 这时候. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 这zhèHSK 1

  (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing)

• 这样zhè yàngHSK 2

  this kind of; so; this way; like this; such

• 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

• 这些zhè xiēHSK 1

  these

• 这么zhè meHSK 2

  so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this

• 这里zhè lǐHSK 1

  here

• 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

• 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

• 这儿zhè rHSK 1

  here

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here