那阵子

那陣子

nàzhènzi

phrase #35,719

Meanings

1 at that time
2 back then
3 during that period

Characters

a burst, a spell

Examples

HSK 5

那阵子我天天加班，根本没空陪家人。

Nàzhènzi wǒ tiāntiān jiābān, gēnběn méikòng péi jiārén.

Back then I was working overtime every day and had no time at all for family.

HSK 7-9

那阵子流行复古风，大家都穿喇叭裤。

Nàzhènzi liúxíng fùgǔ fēng, dàjiā dōu chuān lǎbākù.

During that period the retro look was in - everyone was wearing bell-bottoms.

Tips

usage

阵子 (zhènzi, 'a stretch / a while') is colloquial; 那阵子 specifically points back to a remembered span. Compare 这阵子 (zhèzhènzi, 'lately, these days') and 一阵子 (yīzhènzi, 'a while').

register

Conversational. In writing, prefer 那段时间 (nà duàn shíjiān, 'that period of time') or 那段日子 (nà duàn rìzi, 'those days').

Stroke Order

那 nà

阵 zhèn

子 zǐ