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计时

jì shí

2-character word Traditional 計時

What 计时 means

1. to measure time
2. to time
3. to reckon by time

The characters in 计时

• 计jìto calculate; to compute; to count
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 我为了停车计时收费器需要它。
  Wǒ wèile tíngchē jìshíshōufèi qì xūyào tā.
  I need it for the parking meter.
• 电脑内部计时器内的纽扣电池没电了。
  The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.

Words starting with 计时

• 计时法jì shí fǎtime reckoning
• 计时工资jì shí gōng zīpayment by the hour; time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 计件工资
• 计时器jì shí qìtimer
• 计时赛jì shí sàitime trial (e.g. in cycle race); timed race; competition against the clock
• 计时比赛jì shí bǐ sàitime trial (e.g. in cycle race); timed race; competition against the clock
• 计时炸弹jì shí zhà dàntime bomb

Words containing 计时

• 倒计时dào jì shíto count down; countdown
• 停车计时器tíng chē jì shí qìparking meter
• 滴漏计时器dī lòu jì shí qìhourglass; water clock; clepsydra
• 煮蛋计时器zhǔ dàn jì shí qìegg timer

Sounds the same

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

• 纪实record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)
• 忌食(formal) to avoid (certain foods)