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历时

lì shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 歷時

历时 (lì shí) means "to last; to take (time); period". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 历时 means

1. to last
2. to take (time)
3. period
4. diachronic

The characters in 历时

• 历lìcalendar
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 世上第一架飞机是在一九零三年起飞的，整个过程历时十二秒。
  Shìshàng dì-yī jià fēijī shì zài yī jiǔ líng sān nián qǐfēi de, zhěnggè guòchéng lìshí shí èr miǎo.
  The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.

Sounds the same

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

• 立时right away; quickly; immediately
• 丽实practical
• 砾石gravel; pebbles

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì shí correctly.
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