Dictionary › 适时

适时

shì shí

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

适时 (shì shí) means "timely; apt to the occasion; in due course". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 适时 means

1. timely
2. apt to the occasion
3. in due course

The characters in 适时

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。
  Tīngshuō shìshí de bǔchōng shuǐfèn kěyǐ yùfáng zhòngshǔ.
  I hear that keeping yourself hydrated at appropriate times can help prevent heatstroke.
• 有时候，真希望自己可以适时的穿越回去，去见见那个还是个小孩子的自己。
  Yǒushí hòu, zhēn xīwàng zìjǐ kěyǐ shìshí de chuānyuè huíqu, qù jiàn jiàn nà ge háishì ge xiǎohái zǐ de zìjǐ.
  Sometimes, I wish I could walk through time, and meet myself back when I was still a child.

Sounds the same

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

• 事实fact

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì shí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.