同时 tóngshí▶ mientras tanto

Stroke order

同时 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 同 — 6 strokes
• 时 — 7 strokes

Related words

• 共同común
• 准时a tiempo
• 及时oportuno
• 同情Simpatía
• 平时usualmente
• 当时en ese momento

同时 is pronounced tóngshí and means “mientras tanto”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 同时 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.