go2 zan6 si4嗰陣時嗰阵时

Jyutpinggo2 zan6 si4

Yalegó jahn sìh

代詞

Definition

At that time; back then; referring to a specific moment in the past.

colloquialtime

How it's used

Focuses specifically on a past moment or period rather than a general duration. It is highly colloquial and often shortened to 嗰陣 or 嗰時 in faster speech. Using it helps anchor a narrative to a specific point in the speaker's memory.

Examples

go2嗰zan6陣si4時ngo5我zung6仲hai6係sai3細lou6路zai2仔lai2嚟㗎。

Back then, I was still just a kid.

nei5你go2嗰zan6陣si4時hai2喺bin1邊dou6度faan1返gung1工aa4呀？

Where were you working at that time?

Common phrases

go2嗰zan6陣si4時ge3嘅ngo5我

the me from back then

zau6就hai6係go2嗰zan6陣si4時

it was exactly at that time

Common mistake

Avoid using this to refer to the future, as it is strictly used for past events. For future references, use 嗰陣時 in a hypothetical sense only if the context is clearly established as a future scenario, but it is safer to use 到時 instead.