Expressing "when" with 时

Structure

Examples

• 考试时不要说话。
  Kǎo shì shí bú yào shuō huà.
  Don't talk when you're taking a test.
• 我面试时经常会问这个问题。
  Wǒ miàn shì shí jīng cháng huì wèn zhè ge wèn tí.
  I often ask this question during job interviews.
• 我生气时不想说话。
  Wǒ shēng qì shí bù xiǎng shuō huà.
  I don't want to talk when I'm angry.
• 飞机起飞时，他关了手机和电脑。
  Fēi jī qǐ fēi shí, tā guān le shǒu jī hé diàn nǎo.
  When the plane took off, he turned off his cell phone and computer.
• 他去世时，他的孩子都不在身边。
  Tā qù shì shí, tā de hái zi dōu bú zài shēn biān.
  His children weren't with him when he passed away.

Words that use this

• 时shío'clock; time; when; hour; season; period