时
                
                
                    
                    Simplified character
                    
                
            
                        時
                    
                    
                        Traditional character
                    
                时 English definition
        
            shí
            
                
                    
                
                
            
            
                
            
        
        
            
                
                - o'clock
 
                
                - time
 
                
                - when
 
                
                - hour
 
                
                - season
 
                
                - period
 
                
            
        
    
shí
- o'clock
 - time
 - when
 - hour
 - season
 - period
 
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
- 乭 : rock; phonetic 'dol' used in names (Korean kugja);
 - 十 : ten; 10;
 - 埘 : hen roost;
 - 实 : real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely;
 - 実 : Japanese variant of 實|实;
 - 寔 : really; solid;
 - 拾 : to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral);
 - 湜 : clear water; pure;
 - 炻 : stoneware;
 - 石 : rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1];
 - 祏 : stone shrine;
 - 蚀 : to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode;
 - 识 : to know; knowledge
 - 食 : food; animal feed; to eat; eclipse;
 - 饣 : to eat' or 'food' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184);
 - 鲥 : shad; Ilisha elongata;
 - 鼫 : long-tailed marmot;
 - 鼭 : a kind of rat;
 
Sentences examples with 时
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                    你什么时候回来?
Nǐ shénme shíhòu huílái? - 
                    我回家的时候,他在睡觉。
Wǒ huí jiā de shíhòu, tā zài shuìjiào. - 
                    考试的时间很长。
Kǎoshì de shíjiān hěn zhǎng. - 
                    我们准备一起再玩(儿)一小时。
Wǒmen zhǔnbèi yīqǐ zài wán (er) yī xiǎoshí. - 
                    先生,请问您什么时候开始点菜?
Xiānshēng, qǐngwèn nín shénme shíhòu kāishǐ diǎn cài? 
Words containing 时, by HSK level
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                        HSK 1 vocabulary list
                    
                    
- 时候 (shí hou) : time; length of time; moment; period
 
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                        HSK 2 vocabulary list
                    
                    
- 时间 (shí jiān) : time; period; CL:段[duan4]
 - 小时 (xiǎo shí) : hour; CL:个
 
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                        HSK 4 vocabulary list
                    
                    
- 按时 (àn shí) : on time; before deadline; on schedule
 - 当时 (dāng shí) : then; at that time; while
 - 及时 (jí shí) : in time; promptly; without delay; timely
 - 平时 (píng shí) : in normal times; in peacetime
 - 同时 (tóng shí) : at the same time; simultaneously
 - 暂时 (zàn shí) : temporary; provisional; for the time being
 - 准时 (zhǔn shí) : on time; punctual; on schedule
 
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                        HSK 5 vocabulary list
                    
                    
- 临时 (lín shí) : at the instant sth happens; temporary; interim; ad hoc
 - 时差 (shí chā) : jet lag; time lag; jet lag
 - 时代 (shí dài) : age; era; epoch; period; CL:个
 - 时刻 (shí kè) : moment; constantly; always; CL:个
 - 时髦 (shí máo) : in vogue; fashionable
 - 时期 (shí qī) : a period in time or history; period; time (interval); phase; CL:个
 - 时尚 (shí shàng) : fashion
 - 随时 (suí shí) : at any time
 
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                        HSK 6 vocabulary list
                    
                    
- 不时 (bù shí) : frequently; often
 - 顿时 (dùn shí) : at once; immediately; forthwith
 - 时常 (shí cháng) : often; frequently
 - 时而 (shí ér) : occasionally; from time to time
 - 时光 (shí guāng) : time; era; period of time
 - 时机 (shí jī) : fortunate timing; occasion; opportunity
 - 时事 (shí shì) : current trends; the present situation; how things are going