Chinese

當時

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩³⁵/
at that time; at the time
  • TOCFL 4
  • 当时

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Origin

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).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese當 “to face; to turn towards”
    • soundChinese尚 “still; yet”
      • meaningChinese八 “eight”
      • soundChinese向 “to face”
        • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
        • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
  • characterChinese時 “season”
    • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
    • soundChinese之 “to go”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”

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