时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时事
shíshì
current events
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 他关心时事。 Tā guānxīn shíshì. He cares about current events.
- 我们聊时事。 Wǒmen liáo shíshì. We talk about current events.
- 老师讲时事。 Lǎoshī jiǎng shíshì. The teacher talks about current events.
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