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时宜

shí yí

2-character word Traditional 時宜

What 时宜 means

1. contemporary expectations

The characters in 时宜

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 宜yíproper; should; suitable

Words containing 时宜

• 不合时宜bù hé shí yíout of step with current thinking; outmoded; inappropriate for the occasion
• 合时宜hé shí yíin keeping with the current thinking; appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)
• 不入时宜bù rù shí yíout of step with current thinking; outmoded; inappropriate for the occasion
• 合于时宜hé yú shí yíin keeping with the current thinking; appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)

Sounds the same

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

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