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时候

shí hou

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 時候

时候 (shí hou) means "time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 时候 means

1. time
2. length of time
3. moment
4. period

The characters in 时候

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch

Example sentences

• 到时候见。
  Dàoshíhòu jiàn.
  See you then.
• 什幺时候？
  When?
• 什么时候？
  When?
• 是时候喂羊了。
  It's time to feed the sheep.
• 什幺时候放学？
  When is school over?
• 什幺时候开门？
  What time does it open?

Words containing 时候

• 有时候yǒu shí housometimes
• 那时候nà shí houat that time
• 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
• 到时候dào shí hòuwhen the moment comes; at that time
• 有的时候yǒu de shí hòusometimes; at times
• 古时候gǔ shí houin ancient times; in olden days
• 到那个时候dào nà gè shí hòuuntil this moment
• 什么时候shén me shí houwhen?; at what time?
• 小时候儿xiǎo shí hou rerhua variant of 小时候

Where 时候 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí hou correctly.
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