这阵子

這陣子
zhè zhènzi
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 these days
  2. 2 lately
  3. 3 recently

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè zhènzi wǒ tèbié máng.
I've been really busy lately.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zhènzi tiānqì hūlěng-hūrè, dàjiā yào zhùyì bié gǎnmào.
The weather has been swinging between hot and cold lately, so everyone be careful not to catch a cold.

Tips

usage
Spoken and relaxed: a stretch of time up to now. 那阵子 points back to a period in the past, and 一阵子 is 'a while'. In writing, 最近 or 近来 is more usual.

Stroke Order

这 zhè
阵 zhèn
子 zǐ