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Meaning of 时

Pinyin shí

Radical

日

Strokes

Definition

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

Usage

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时 shí 1. The process experienced by all things undergoing continuous development and change. （一切事物不断发展变化所经历的过程。） 2. A relatively long period of time. （较长的时间。） 3. A general reference to a period of time. （泛指一段时间。） 4. Current or present. （现在的，当前的。） 5. Often. （常常。） 6. A season of the year. （一年中的一季。） 7. An old unit of time measurement, where one "shichen" is one twelfth of a day and night; "zishi" refers to the time between 11 PM and 1 AM the next day, and "wushi" refers to the time between 11 AM and 1 PM. （旧时的记时单位，一昼夜十二分之一为一“时辰”，深夜十一点至次日凌晨一点为“子时”，中午十一点至一点为“午时”。） 8. A modern unit of time measurement, which is one twenty-fourth of a day and night. （现在的记时单位，一昼夜的二十四分之一。） 9. A certain moment. （某一时刻。） 10. Indeterminate times, sometimes. （不定时，有时候。） 11. Opportunity. （机会。） 12. A surname. （姓。）时 shí 1. Same original meaning (quarter of a year; season). （同本义，季度;季节。） 2. One of the 12 traditional two-hour periods for measuring time; a fraction of a day and night (anciently one day was divided into twelve "shichen"). （时辰，计时单位，一昼夜的十二分之一。） 3. Time; moment. （时间;时候。） 4. Fashion. （时尚，时俗。） 5. Fortune. （时运;命运。） 6. Opportunity. （时机;机会。） 7. Tense of a verb. （动词的时态。） 8. O'clock. （钟点。） 9. A moment; a brief time. （片刻，一会儿或瞬间。） 10. Days; time. （岁月，光阴。） 11. Current situation. （指时势或时局。） 12. Dynasty. （代，朝。） 13. Climate. （气候。） 14. A surname. （姓。）时 shí 1. Timely; appropriate. （合时宜的，适时的。） 2. Current; present. （当时的。） 3. Good. （善，好。）时 shí 1. Now and then. （相当于“常常”、“经常”。） 2. Sometimes. （相当于“有时”、“偶尔”。） 3. According to the fixed period. （按时，到时候。） 4. Used in repetition to indicate variability. （叠用，表示时而这样，时而那样。） 5. Then; at that time. （当时，这时，那时。）时 shí Indicating proximity; equivalent to "this." （表示近指，相当于“此”、这。”）时 shí 1. Timely; appropriate. （适时;合于时宜。） 2. To wait; to attend. （通“伺”。伺候;等待。） 3. To be in a place; find oneself in. （处，处于。） 4. To bear; to endure. （承，承受。）

及时 jí shí

in time / promptly / without delay / timely

名噪一时 míng zào yī shí

to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity

小时 xiǎo shí

hour / CL:個|个[ge4]

即时 jí shí

immediate

历时 lì shí

to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic

午时 wǔ shí

11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

时宪历 shí xiàn lì

Shi Xianli

寅时 yín shí

3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

时尚 shí shàng

fashion / fad / fashionable

为时尚早 wéi shí shàng zǎo

too early / time is not yet ripe

届时 jiè shí

when the time comes / at the scheduled time

任弼时 rèn bì shí

Ren Bishi （人名）

当时 dāng shí

then / at that time / while

时常 shí cháng

often / frequently

平时 píng shí

ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime

幼时 yòu shí

childhood

时弊 shí bì

ills of the day / contemporary problems

针砭时弊 zhēn biān shí bì

point out problems and persuade sb. to correct them

切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì

to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter

彼时 bǐ shí

at that time

刹时 chà shí

in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye

时刻 shí kè

time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always

此时此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè

at this very moment

划时代 huà shí dài

epoch-marking

初时 chū shí

At first

比利时 Bǐ lì shí

Belgium

同时 tóng shí

at the same time / simultaneously

刹时间 shā shí jiān

Stop time

时报 Shí bào

"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)

按时 àn shí

on time / before deadline / on schedule

授时 shòu shí

to broadcast a time signal

时间 shí jiān

time / period / CL:段[duan4]

准时 zhǔn shí

on time / punctual / on schedule

其时 qí shí

meantime / meanwhile

旧石器时代 Jiù shí qì Shí dài

Paleolithic Era

旧时 jiù shí

in former times / the olden days

这时 zhè shí

at this time / at this moment

时期 shí qī

period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4]

此时 cǐ shí

now / this moment

一时 yī shí

a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time

有时 yǒu shí

sometimes / now and then

那时 nà shí

then / at that time / in those days

登时 dēng shí

immediately / at once

随时 suí shí

at any time / at all times / at the right time

暂时 zàn shí

temporary / provisional / for the time being

暂时性 zàn shí xìng

provisionality / transiency / transient / temporal

时机 shí jī

fortunate timing / occasion / opportunity

时光 shí guāng

time / era / period of time

识时务者为俊杰 shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié

Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.

这时候 zhè shí hòu

at this time / at this point / by the time

有时候 yǒu shí hou

sometimes

小时候 xiǎo shí hou

in one's childhood

到时候 dào shí hòu

when the moment comes / at that time

时段 shí duàn

time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day

定时炸弹 dìng shí zhà dàn

time bomb

何时 hé shí

when

时代 shí dài

age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]

时疫 shí yì

epidemic

瞬时 shùn shí

instantaneous

瞬时速度 shùn shí sù dù

instantaneous speed / instantaneous velocity

亿千瓦时 yì qiān wǎ shí

Billion kWh

时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì

(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour

时候 shí hou

time / length of time / moment / period

前些时 qián xiē shí

Some time ago

立时 lì shí

right away / quickly / immediately

时而 shí ér

occasionally / from time to time

耗时 hào shí

time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)

临时 lín shí

as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc

与此同时 yǔ cǐ tóng shí

at the same time / meanwhile

与时俱进 yǔ shí jù jìn

abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely

时节 shí jié

season / time

费时 fèi shí

to take time / time-consuming

时辰 shí chen

time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day

轰动一时 hōng dòng yī shí

to cause a sensation (idiom)

时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān

things change with the passage of time (idiom)

说时迟 shuō shí chí

Talking late

说时迟那时快 shuō shí chí nà shí kuài

Say it's too late

适时 shì shí

timely / apt to the occasion / in due course

逆时针 nì shí zhēn

anticlockwise / counterclockwise

时速 shí sù

speed per hour

生不逢时 shēng bù féng shí

born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time

时针 shí zhēn

hand of a clock / hour hand

时钟 shí zhōng

clock

霎时 shà shí

in a split second

闲时 xián shí

idle hours / at leisure

时隔 shí gé

separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)

时隙 shí xì

slot time / TS(time slot)

零时 líng shí

midnight / zero hour

不时之需 bù shí zhī xū

a possible period of want or need

霎时间 shà shí jiān

in a split second

一霎时 yī shà shí

in an instant

风靡一时 fēng mǐ yī shí

fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage

赶时髦 gǎn shí máo

to keep up with the latest fashion

顿时 dùn shí

immediately / suddenly