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耗时

hào shí

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

耗时 (hào shí) means "time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 耗时 means

1. time-consuming
2. to take a period of (x amount of time)

The characters in 耗时

• 耗hàoto waste; to spend; to consume
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 这是一件十分耗时的工作。
  Zhè shì yī jiàn shífēn hàoshí de gōngzuò.
  This is a very time-consuming task.
• 在浏览器端，耗时很长的操作都应该异步执行，避免浏览器失去响应，最好的例子就是 Ajax 操作。
  Zài liúlǎnqì duān, hàoshí hěn cháng de cāozuò dōu yīnggāi yìbù zhíxíng, bìmiǎn liúlǎnqì shīqù xiǎngyìng, zuì hǎo de lìzi jiùshì A jax cāozuò.
  On the client side, very time-consuming operations should run asynchronously so as to avoid freezing the browser. The best example is the operation of Ajax.

Words starting with 耗时

• 耗时耗力hào shí hào lìrequiring much time and effort

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