MEANWHILE    當其時

PERIOD when ANOTHER EVENT is OR was HAPPENING.
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
Hypernym
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    MEANWHILE

    interea is an adverb that refers to a business of some duration which takes place in a space of time, as "in the meantime"

    interim refers to a momentary busines going on in the midst of some other activity.

    • Words (7 items)

    姑  gū OC: kaa MC: kuo̝ 21 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • pad.vadVa little, for a little while
    • padVfor the time being; for a while, for a short time, for a little while; meanwhile
    暫  zàn OC: dzaams MC: dzɑm 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVfor a short while; for the time being
    苟  gǒu OC: kooʔ MC: ku
    茍  jì OC: kɯɡ MC: kɨk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVinoformally for the time being, under the present circumstances
    中間  zhōng jiān OC: krluŋ kreen MC: ʈuŋ kɣɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabthe meantimeCH
    • NPadSmeanwhile, during this limited period
    聊  liáo MC: lew OC: b-ruu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVfor a while; meanwhileCH
    且  qiě OC:  MC: tshɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padVfor the time being, temporarily
    第  dì OC: liils MC: dei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVfor the time being (DCD no. 7)