不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不时
bùshí
from time to time
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
- 他不时笑一笑。 Tā bù shí xiào yí xiào. He smiles from time to time.
- 妈妈不时看表。 Mā ma bù shí kàn biǎo. Mom checks her watch from time to time.
- 这里不时下雨。 Zhè lǐ bù shí xià yǔ. It rains here from time to time.