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时速

shí sù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 時速

时速 (shí sù) means "speed per hour". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 时速 means

1. speed per hour

The characters in 时速

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick

Example sentences

• 这两火车时速20千米。
  Zhè liǎng huǒchē shísù 20 qiānmǐ.
  The train makes 20 miles an hour.
• 这列火车时速20英里。
  Zhè liè huǒchē shísù 20 Yīnglǐ.
  The train makes 20 miles an hour.
• 这辆火车时速20英里。
  The train makes 20 miles an hour.

Sounds the same

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

• 食宿board and lodging; room and board

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