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不时

bù shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 不時

不时 (bù shí) means "from time to time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不时 means

1. from time to time
2. now and then
3. occasionally
4. frequently

The characters in 不时

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Words starting with 不时

• 不时之需bù shí zhī xūa possible period of want or need

Words containing 不时

• 时不时shí bù shífrom time to time

Sounds the same

Read bù shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不实untrue; false; unfounded; (literary) (of a plant) to not bear fruit
• 布什Bush (name); George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992…

Where 不时 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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