时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 寸 inch
- 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?
Related words
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 房间 fángjiān room
- 间 jiān room; between (also a measure word for rooms)
- 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān restroom, toilet
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 点 diǎn o'clock; dot; a little
- 半天 bàntiān half a day
- 分 fēn minute; to divide
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 差 chà to lack, short of; to (in telling time)