时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时隔
shígé
after an interval of
Characters in this word
隔 gé
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 鬲 earthen pot, iron cauldron
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 时隔十年，这座老剧院终于重新向公众开放。 Shí gé shí nián, zhè zuò lǎo jùyuàn zhōngyú chóngxīn xiàng gōngzhòng kāifàng. After an interval of ten years, the old theatre finally reopened to the public.
- 时隔多年，他们终于在同学会上重逢。 Shí gé duō nián, tāmen zhōngyú zài tóngxuéhuì shàng chóngféng. After many years, they finally met again at a class reunion.
- 时隔三年，我又回到了小时候住的小镇。 Shí gé sān nián, wǒ yòu huídào le xiǎoshíhou zhù de xiǎozhèn. After an interval of three years, I returned to the small town where I lived as a child.
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