共时

共時
gòngshí
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 synchronic
  2. 2 concurrent
  3. 3 happening at the same point in time

Examples

Gòngshí yǔyánxué yánjiū mǒu yì shíqī de yǔyán xìtǒng.
Synchronic linguistics studies a language system at a given period.
Tā cóng gòngshí hé lìshí liǎng ge jiǎodù fēnxī zhè ge wèntí.
He analyzes this problem from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.

Tips

usage
The paired term is 历时 (lìshí, diachronic, across time). Saussure's foundational distinction in 普通语言学教程 (Course in General Linguistics) is rendered in Chinese as 共时/历时 — standard vocabulary in linguistics, semiotics, and history-of-ideas writing.

Stroke Order

gòng
shí