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时

shí

HSK 1 Character Traditional 時

What 时 means

1. o'clock
2. time
3. when
4. hour
5. season
6. period

Other readings

时 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shísurname Shi
• shíold variant of {时|shí}

Example sentences

• 赶上时髦
  Gǎnshàng shímáo
  Get with it.
• 要守时！
  Yào shǒushí!
  Be on time.
• 好时机。
  Nice timing.
• 到时候见。
  Dàoshíhòu jiàn.
  See you then.
• 时间飞逝。
  Shíjiān fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 时光飞逝。
  Shíguāng fēishì.
  Time flies.

Words starting with 时

• 时候shí houtime; length of time; moment
• 时间shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
• 时代shí dàiage; era; epoch
• 时期shí qīperiod; phase
• 时刻shí kètime; juncture; moment
• 时尚shí shàngfashion; fad; fashionable
• 时髦shí máoin vogue; fashionable
• 时光shí guāngtime (esp. as sth that passes)
• 时常shí chángoften; frequently
• 时机shí jīopportunity; opportune moment
• 时而shí éroccasionally; from time to time
• 时装shí zhuāngfashion; fashionable clothes
• 时事shí shìcurrent trends; the present situation; how things are going
• 时差shí chātime difference; time lag; jet lag
• 时报Shí bào"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
• 时空shí kōngtime and place; world of a particular locale and era; (physics) space-time
• 时分shí fēntime; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly…
• 时时shí shíoften; constantly
• 时不时shí bù shífrom time to time
• 时节shí jiéseason; time
• 时间表shí jiān biǎoschedule; timetable
• 时段shí duàntime interval; work shift; time slot
• 时辰shí chentime; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
• 时下shí xiàat present; right now

Words containing 时

• 当时dāng shíthen; at that time
• 同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
• 小时xiǎo shíhour
• 这时zhè shíat this time; at this moment
• 有时yǒu shísometimes; now and then
• 那时nà shíthen; at that time; in those days
• 平时píng shíordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
• 及时jí shítimely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
• 暂时zàn shítemporary; provisional; for the time being
• 准时zhǔn shíon time; punctual; on schedule
• 按时àn shíon time; before deadline; on schedule
• 随时suí shíat any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
• 临时lín shías the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary
• 此时cǐ shínow; this moment
• 不时bù shífrom time to time; now and then; occasionally
• 顿时dùn shíimmediately; suddenly
• 有时候yǒu shí housometimes
• 那时候nà shí houat that time
• 一时yī shía period of time; a while; for a short while
• 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
• 何时hé shíwhen
• 到时候dào shí hòuwhen the moment comes; at that time
• 与此同时yǔ cǐ tóng shíat the same time; meanwhile
• 一时间yī shí jiānfor a moment; momentarily

Characters that look like 时

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 财cáimoney; wealth; riches
• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 昕xīndawn
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider

Sounds the same

Read shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 识to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 十ten; 10
• 实real; true; honest
• 石rock; stone; stone inscription
• 食to eat; food; animal feed
• 蚀to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 什ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
• 拾to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 莳used in 莳萝
• 祏stone shrine
• 湜clear water; pure
• 炻stoneware