Character

时

shí HSK 1
时 shí HSK 1
  • 1. time; a relatively long period of time during which matter continuously changes or develops
  • 2. shichen, traditional time unit; one day is divided into 12 shichen, each equal to two hours
  • 3. on time; at a fixed time; at a certain moment
  • 4. season
  • 5. current; contemporary; of that time
  • 6. fashionable; trendy
  • 7. often; frequently (used reduplicated)
  • 8. tense (grammatical category indicating when an action occurs, e.g. present, past, future)
  • 9. opportunity; right moment
  • 10. two 时 used together with a monosyllable of opposite meaning inserted between them, indicating alternating situations, equivalent to 'sometimes…sometimes…'
  • 11. hour (unit of time; one hour is one twenty-fourth of a day)
  • 12. a surname
Words using 时 as shí (50)
Structure & writing
时 shí — time; a relatively long period of time during which matter continuously changes or develops

时 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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