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准时

zhǔn shí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 準時

准时 (zhǔn shí) means "on time; punctual". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 准时 means

1. on time
2. punctual
3. on schedule

The characters in 准时

• 准zhǔnto allow; to grant; in accordance with
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 我重视准时。
  I make a point of being punctual.
• 他准时来了。
  He arrived in time.
• 火车准时到了。
  The train arrived on schedule.
• 汤姆从不准时。
  Tom has never been punctual.
• 他总是准时到。
  He's always punctual.
• 你应该准时上班。
  You ought to get to work on time.

Words containing 准时

• 标准时biāo zhǔn shístandard time
• 格林威治标准时间Gé lín wēi zhì Biāo zhǔn Shí jiān(Taiwan) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• 格林尼治标准时间Gé lín ní zhì Biāo zhǔn Shí jiānGreenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Where 准时 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work tasks & management (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔn shí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.