临时
línshí
temporary; at the last moment
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 临时有事。 Línshí yǒu shì. Something suddenly comes up.
- 我临时来这儿。 Wǒ línshí lái zhèr. I come here for now.
- 这是临时工作。 Zhè shì línshí gōngzuò. This is temporary work.
Related words
- 光临 guānglín to visit
- 面临 miànlín to face; to be faced with
- 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