同时(tóng shí): at the same time
at the same time
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 同时 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 同时 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他们同时到了巴黎。
tā men tóng shí dào le bā lí
They arrived in Paris at the same time.
所有的灯光同时灭了。
suǒ yǒu de dēng guāng tóng shí miè le
All at the same time, the lights went out.
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