时 shí time
time; when; while
How to remember 时: 日 sun + 寸 inch = time. The impatient boy on the beach watches the sun sink inch by inch and asks "Is it time for ice cream yet?"
Component breakdown
时 = 日 sun + 寸 inch
- 日 sun
- 寸 inch
The impatient boy on the beach watches the sun sink inch by inch and asks "Is it time for ice cream yet?"
How it is used
- Time / when - 时间 (shíjiān) time, 小时 (xiǎoshí) an hour, 时候 (shíhou) a moment or point in time.
- As a suffix it means when / while - 有时 (yǒushí) sometimes, 同时 (tóngshí) at the same time, …的时候 while.
Words with 时
- 时间shíjiāntimeHSK 1
- 小时xiǎoshíhourHSK 1
- 时候shíhoutimeHSK 1
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhoodHSK 2
- 有时yǒushísometimesHSK 2
- 平时píngshíusuallyHSK 3
- 当时dāngshíthenHSK 4
- 同时tóngshíat the same timeHSK 4
- 暂时zànshítemporaryHSK 4
- 及时jíshítimelyHSK 4
- 准时zhǔnshípunctuallyHSK 4
- 按时ànshíon timeHSK 4
- 时间表shíjiānbiǎoscheduleHSK 4
- 临时línshías the time draws nearHSK 5
- 时代shídàieraHSK 5
- 时刻shíkètimeHSK 5
- 时差shíchātime differenceHSK 5
- 时常shíchángoftenHSK 5
- 时期shíqīperiodHSK 5
- 此时cǐshínowHSK 5
- 随时suíshíat any timeHSK 5
- 一时yìshía period of timeHSK 6
- 不时bùshífrom time to timeHSK 6
- 定时dìngshíto fix a timeHSK 6
- 实时shíshíreal timeHSK 6
- 时光shíguāngtimeHSK 6
- 时尚shíshàngfashionHSK 6
- 时机shíjīopportunityHSK 6
- 时速shísùspeed per hourHSK 6
- 过时guòshíold-fashionedHSK 6
- 顿时dùnshíimmediatelyHSK 6
- 倒计时dàojìshíto count downHSK 7
- 即时jíshíimmediateHSK 7
- 历时lìshíto lastHSK 7
- 时事shíshìcurrent trendsHSK 7
- 时好时坏shíhǎo-shíhuàisometimes good, sometimes badHSK 7
- 时时shíshíoftenHSK 7
- 时段shíduàntime intervalHSK 7
- 时空shíkōngtime and placeHSK 7
- 时而shí’éroccasionallyHSK 7
Example sentences
- 她跳舞时的姿态很美。 Tā tiàowǔ shí de zītài hěn měi.Her motions when dancing are lovely.
- 一小时后见。 Yì xiǎoshí hòu jiàn.We'll meet in an hour.
- 起床的时间到了。 Qǐchuáng de shíjiān dào le.It's time to get up.
- 时间很晚了，我们回家吧！ Shíjiān hěn wǎn le, wǒmen huíjiā ba!It's very late, so let's go home!