Opportune timing with "chen" (Redirected from ASGI9PNV) Level B2 Similar to Used for Indicating conditions, Indicating cause and effect Keywords 趁 趁 (chèn) is a preposition that means to 'take advantage of' an opportunity or favorable time to do something. It is normally followed by an adjective or a short phrase explaining the situation that the person is seeking to take advantage of. Contents 1 Structure 2 Examples 3 See also 4 Sources and further reading 4.1 Books 4.2 Dictionaries Structure 趁 + [Situation / Opportunity] Examples 趁 年轻，多 去 玩玩 吧。 You guys should go have more fun while you're still young. 趁 天气 好，我 要 去 野餐。 While the weather is good, I'm going on a picnic. 趁 老板 不 在，我们 抽 一会 儿 烟 吧。 When the boss isn't here, we can smoke for a little while. 趁 孩子 睡着 的 时候，我 洗 了 很 多 衣服。 While the kids were asleep, I washed a lot of clothes. 小偷 一定 是 趁 我 不注意 的 时候 ，把 我 的 手机 偷走 的。 The thief must have stolen my cell phone when I wasn't paying attention. See also Sources and further reading Books Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇) [ →buy] 现代汉语八百词（增订本） (pp. 116) [ →buy] Dictionaries 现代汉语词典（第5版） (pp. 169) →buy