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时间

shí jiān

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

时间 (shí jiān) means "time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 时间 means

1. (concept of) time
2. (duration of) time
3. (point in) time

The characters in 时间

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space

Example sentences

• 时间飞逝。
  Shíjiān fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 时间到了。
  Time is up.
• 我没时间。
  I have no time.
• 我有时间。
  I have time.
• 没时间了。
  There is no time.
• 有时间表吗？
  Yǒu shíjiān biǎo ma?
  Is there a timetable?

Words starting with 时间

• 时间表shí jiān biǎoschedule; timetable
• 时间差shí jiān chādifference in timing; time gap; time lag; (volleyball) timing-gap attack…
• 时间进程shí jiān jìn chéngtime course
• 时间区间shí jiān qū jiāntime interval
• 时间点shí jiān diǎnpoint in time
• 时间线shí jiān xiàntimeline
• 时间序列shí jiān xù liètime series (stats.)
• 时间测定学shí jiān cè dìng xuéchronometry
• 时间不早了shí jiān bù zǎo leit's getting late; time's getting on
• 时间简史Shí jiān Jiǎn shǐ"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
• 时间差攻击shí jiān chā gōng jī(volleyball) attacking tactic in which the blocker is induced to commit early, creating…
• 时间轴shí jiān zhóutime axis; timeline
• 时间囊shí jiān nángtime capsule
• 时间胶囊shí jiān jiāo nángtime capsule
• 时间戳shí jiān chuōtimestamp
• 时间是把杀猪刀shí jiān shì bǎ shā zhū dāolit. time is a butcher's knife; fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving…

Words containing 时间

• 一时间yī shí jiānfor a moment; momentarily
• 作息时间zuò xī shí jiāndaily schedule; daily routine
• 霎时间shà shí jiānin a split second
• 工作时间gōng zuò shí jiānworking hours
• 安定时间ān dìng shí jiān(control theory) settling time
• 当地时间dāng dì shí jiānlocal time
• 建立时间jiàn lì shí jiān(electronics) setup time; (electronics) settling time
• 作息时间表zuò xī shí jiān biǎodaily schedule; work schedule
• 持续时间chí xù shí jiānduration
• 办公时间bàn gōng shí jiānoffice hours
• 反应时间fǎn yìng shí jiān(technology) response time
• 前段时间qián duàn shí jiānrecently
• 打发时间dǎ fā shí jiānto pass the time
• 东部时间Dōng bù Shí jiānEastern Standard Time (EST)
• 美东时间Měi dōng shí jiānUSA Eastern Standard Time
• 响应时间xiǎng yìng shí jiānresponse time
• 首次注视时间shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān(psychology) first fixation duration
• 按时间先后àn shí jiān xiān hòuchronological
• 营业时间yíng yè shí jiānbusiness hours; opening hours; office hours
• 争取时间zhēng qǔ shí jiānto act with urgency; to buy time
• 上班时间shàng bān shí jiānworking hours; office hours
• 花时间huā shí jiānto take up time; to spend time
• 停机时间tíng jī shí jiāndowntime (computer network, power plant etc)
• 等待时间děng dài shí jiānwaiting time; (computing) latency

Where 时间 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Expressions (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí jiān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.