小时候 xiǎoshíhou in one's childhood
怎么记住“小时候”: 小 small + 时 time + 候 waiting for = in one's childhood.
汉字
用法
- 'When one was little / in one's childhood' - 我小时候住在乡下 (wǒ xiǎoshíhou zhù zài xiāngxià) as a child I lived in the countryside.
- A time-noun phrase that sets a scene; contrast the adverb 从小 (cóngxiǎo, from childhood on) which stresses a habit starting early.
- Note 候 is neutral tone here: xiǎoshíhou.
例句
- 我小时候的时候还没有电脑。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhòu de shíhòu hái méiyǒu diànnǎo.We didn't have computers when I was growing up.
- 他小时候，星期天会去钓鱼。 Tā xiǎoshíhòu, xīngqītiān huì qù diàoyú.When he was a child, he would go fishing on Sundays.
- 我小时候常常独自玩耍。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhòu chángcháng dúzì wánshuǎ.I used to play alone when I was a child.