Trong khi đó
/tʂɔŋ˧˧ ki˧˧ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦/
VI
Meanwhile; at the same time
Trong khi đó, tôi đang nấu ăn ở nhà bếp.
Meanwhile, I was cooking in the kitchen.
Etymology
A common Vietnamese conjunctive phrase formed by combining the preposition "trong" (in), noun "khi" (time), and demonstrative adjective "đó" (that), which developed its modern meaning of connecting concurrent events by the 19th century.
Memory Aid
Break the phrase into parts: "trong" = in + "khi" = time + "đó" = that → "in that time" = while that is happening → meanwhile.
Collocations
đứng im trong khi đóxảy ra trong khi đóvẫn làm việc trong khi đó
Synonyms
trong lúc đóđồng thời
Related Words
trong khikhi đóđồng thời
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