lúc đấy
luk˧˥ ɗaj˧˧
VI
at that time, then
Lúc đấy tôi đang ở trường.
I was at school at that time.
Etymology
"Lúc" comes from Old Vietnamese meaning "time", and "đấy" is a distal demonstrative meaning "that", so the phrase literally means "that time".
Memory Aid
Associate "lúc" with "luck" – you can remember "that was when luck found me" to link the phrase to meaning at that time.
Collocations
vào lúc đấytừ lúc đấy
Synonyms
khi đấylúc đókhi đó
Related Words
lúc nàybây giờkhi nọ