时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时好时坏
shíhǎoshíhuài
sometimes good and sometimes bad; unstable
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Example phrases
- 网络信号时好时坏，我只好改发短信。 Wǎngluò xìnhào shíhǎo shíhuài, wǒ zhǐhǎo gǎi fā duǎnxìn. The internet signal comes and goes, so I have to switch to sending texts.
- 春天的天气时好时坏，出门要多穿点。 Chūntiān de tiānqì shíhǎo shíhuài, chūmén yào duō chuān diǎn. In spring the weather keeps changing, so wear extra layers when you go out.
- 他的成绩时好时坏，老师很担心。 Tā de chéngjì shíhǎo shíhuài, lǎoshī hěn dānxīn. His grades go up and down, and the teacher is quite worried.
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