Chinese symbol for “immediately”
当时
dàng shí
Traditional: 當時
immediately; right then
The closest CC-CEDICT match for immediately is 当时 (dàng shí), defined as: immediately; right then.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “immediately”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 随即 (隨即) | suí jí | immediately; presently |
| 当下 (當下) | dāng xià | immediately; at once |
| 顿时 (頓時) | dùn shí | immediately; suddenly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 当时.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 当年 (當年) | dāng nián | in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 时候 (時候) | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 同时 (同時) | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “immediately”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.