暂 zàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 斩 to chop, to cut, to sever 日 sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
暂时
zànshí
temporary; for now
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
- 我暂时不去。 Wǒ zànshí bú qù. I am not going for now.
- 他暂时住这。 Tā zànshí zhù zhè. He lives here for now.
- 店暂时关门。 Diàn zànshí guānmén. The shop is closed for now.
Related words
- 暂停 zàntíng to pause
- 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