when

Pronunciation: [hwen]

Average Rank: 61

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

conj. 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
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#58

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#74

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#50

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

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.