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时段

shí duàn

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

时段 (shí duàn) means "time interval; work shift; time slot". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 时段 means

1. time interval
2. work shift
3. time slot
4. the twelve two-hour divisions of the day

The characters in 时段

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 段duànparagraph; section; segment

Example sentences

• 我每天工作不同时段。
  Wǒ měi tiān gōngzuò bùtóng shíduàn.
  Every day I work different hours.
• 快要到早上的繁忙时段了，我们还不出发就要堵车了。
  Kuàiyào dào zǎoshang de fánmáng shíduàn le, wǒmen hái bù chūfā jiùyào dǔchē le.
  If we don't hit the road soon, we'll get caught in the morning rush hour traffic.
• 过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关：中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段，每天开始是子时，相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。
  Guònián chī jiǎozi de xísú hé Zhōngguó gǔdài de jìshífǎ yǒuguān: Zhōngguó gǔdài bǎ měi yī tiānfèn wèi shí'èr gè shíduàn, měitiān kāishǐ shì zǐshí, xiāngdāngyú wǎnshang 11 diǎn dào língchén 1 diǎn.
  The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.

Words containing 时段

• 黄金时段huáng jīn shí duànprime time

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