when meaning in Chinese
| English | Chinese |
|---|---|
| when (as soon as, at the time that) conjunction [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | 当 /dāng/conjunction 當 /dāng/conjunction |
| when (at what time, as a direct question) adverb [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | 什么时候 /shénme shíhòu/adverb 什麼時候adverb 何时 /héshí/adverb 何時adverb 甚麼時候adverb |
| when (at what time, as an indirect question) adverb [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | 甚麼時候/什麼時候adverb |
| when (at what time; at which time) conjunction [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | 什么时候 /shénme shíhòu/conjunction 什麼時候conjunction 何时 /héshí/conjunction 何時conjunction 几时 /jǐshí/conjunction 幾時conjunction |
| when (during the time that) conjunction [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | ...的时候 /... de shihou/conjunction ...的時候conjunction |
| when (that's enough) interjection [UK: wen] [US: hwen] | 够了 /gòu le/interjection |
| when in Rome, do as the Romans do (behave as those around do) phrase [UK: wen ɪn rəʊm duː əz ðə ˈrəʊ.mənz duː] [US: hwen ɪn roʊm ˈduː ˈæz ðə ˈroʊ.mənz ˈduː] | 入乡随俗 /rùxiāngsuísú/phrase 入境随俗 /rùjìngsuísú/phrase 入境隨俗phrase 入鄉隨俗phrase |
| when is closing time (when is closing time?) phrase | 你们几点下班？ /nǐmen jǐ diǎn xiàbān?/phrase 你們幾點下班？phrase 关门时间是几点？ /guānmén shíjiān shì jǐ diǎn?/phrase 關門時間是幾點？phrase |
| when life gives you lemons, make lemonade (make the best out of difficult situations) phrase | |
| when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom) adverb [UK: wen pɪɡz flaɪ] [US: hwen ˈpɪɡz ˈflaɪ] | 除非太阳从西边出来 /chúfēi tàiyáng cóng xībiān chūlái/adverb 除非太陽從西邊出來adverb |
| when the cat's away (People take advantage of the absence of authority) phrase | 天高皇帝远 /tiāngāo huángdìyuǎn/phrase 天高皇帝遠phrase |
| when the cat's away the mice will play (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances) phrase [UK: wen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə maɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ] [US: hwen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə ˈmaɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ] | hóuzi chēng dàwáng/phrase 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 /shānzhōng wú lǎohǔphrase 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王phrase 老虎不再山，猴子称大王 /lǎohǔ bù zài shānphrase 老虎不再山，猴子稱大王phrase |
| whenever (at any time that) conjunction [UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwen.ˈev.r̩] | 哪会儿 /nǎhuìr/conjunction 哪會兒conjunction 无论何时 /wúlùn héshí/conjunction 無論何時conjunction |
| whenever (every time that) conjunction [UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwen.ˈev.r̩] | 每当 /měidāng/conjunction |
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