时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时间
shíjiān
time
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 我没有时间。 Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān. I don't have time.
- 时间不早了。 Shíjiān bù zǎo le. It's getting late.
- 你明天有时间吗？ Nǐ míngtiān yǒu shíjiān ma? Do you have time tomorrow?
- 考试的时间是十点。 Kǎoshì de shíjiān shì shí diǎn. The exam is at ten o'clock.
- 他很忙，没时间。 Tā hěn máng, méi shíjiān. He is very busy and has no time.
- 写汉字要用很多时间。 Xiě Hànzì yào yòng hěn duō shíjiān. Writing Chinese characters takes a lot of time.
- 时间不多了，快点儿吧。 Shíjiān bù duō le, kuài diǎnr ba. There is not much time — hurry up!
- 你的时间呢？ Nǐ de shíjiān ne? What about you—do you have time?
- 放假了，时间很多。 Fàngjià le, shíjiān hěn duō. The holidays have started, so there is plenty of time.
- 昨天没时间看书。 Zuótiān méi shíjiān kàn shū. Yesterday there was no time to read.
Related words
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 那时候 nà shíhou at that time
- 平时 píngshí usually; in ordinary times
- 随时 suíshí at any time
- 同时 tóngshí at the same time
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young
- 这时候 zhè shíhòu at this time
- 及时 jíshí in time; promptly
- 时 shí when; while (time of action)