when
Pronunciation: [hwen]
Average Rank: 61
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTconj. 当...的时候 adv. 何时, 什么时候 pron. 什么时侯 n. 时间
Detailed Explanations:
- adv. At what time; -- used interrogatively.
- adv. At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or
- just after, the moment that; -- used relatively.
- adv. While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a
- conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause,
- having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal
- proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have
- continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in
- the grounds.
- adv. Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Word Frequency Rankings
Wikipedia
#58Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage
Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus
TV & Movie Scripts
#74Conversational and colloquial usage
Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus
Project Gutenberg
#50Classical and literary usage
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus
Insights
This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.
Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.