时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时机
shíjī
right time; chance
Characters in this word
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 时机到了。 Shíjī dào le. The right time has come.
- 别错过时机。 Bié cuòguò shíjī. Do not miss this chance.
- 等好时机。 Děng hǎo shíjī. Wait for the right time.
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