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小时候 (xiǎo shí hòu) — Chinese word meaning

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小时候 (xiǎo shí hòu) is a Chinese word: childhood; when (one was) young. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 小时候

名 míng noun

childhood; when (one was) young

我小时候很喜欢画画。

wǒ xiǎo shí hòu hěn xǐ huan huà huà

I really liked drawing when I was young.

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Word breakdown

小 xiǎo — young, little (referring to age)

时 shí — time

候 hòu — period, moment (forms 时候 meaning 'time, period')

Structure & writing
1 小 xiǎo — small; little (opposite of 大)
小 is a component in 11 characters

小 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 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

2.1 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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Stroke order

3 候 hòu — to wait; to await

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

consists of

3.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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3.3 乛 zhé — hook/turning stroke component in Chinese characters
乛 is a component in 2 characters
3.4 一 yī — the smallest positive integer; one (①used before a measure word ②used before a noun ③indicates a single action or a brief/tentative action)
一 is a component in 58 characters
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