HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

自从

zìcóng

Traditional: 自從

since (a time)

HSK 5

Meaning of 自从 in English

zìcóngHSK 5prepositionSyllabus #3574
  1. since (a time)
  2. ever since

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆自从2003年就住在这里。
    tāng mǔ zì cóng 2003 nián jiù zhù zài zhè lǐ。
    Tom has lived here since 2003.
    Tatoeba #5595226 by verdastelo9604 · #2961183 by meerkat · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 自从他离开去法国,已经有两个月了。
    zì cóng tā lí kāi qù fǎ guó, yǐ jīng yǒu liǎng gè yuè le。
    Two months have passed since he left for France.
    Tatoeba #336650 by fucongcong · #283277 by kylecito · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 自从他不知道该说什么的时候,便一直沉默着。
    zì cóng tā bù zhī dào gāi shuō shén me de shí hòu, biàn yì zhí chén mò zhe。
    Since he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
    Tatoeba #2410990 by fenfang557 · #1500496 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences