时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时代
shídài
era; age
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是新时代。 Zhè shì xīn shídài. This is a new era.
- 那个时代很难。 Nà ge shídài hěn nán. That age was very difficult.
- 时代变了。 Shídài biàn le. Times have changed.
Related words
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 那时候 nàshíhou 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 zhèshíhòu at this time
- 及时 jíshí in time; promptly