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Meaning of

Pinyin shí
Radical
Strokes
7
Definition
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
Usage
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时 shí 1. The process experienced by all things undergoing continuous development and change. (一切事物不断发展变化所经历的过程。) 2. A relatively long period of time. (较长的时间。) 3. A general reference to a period of time. (泛指一段时间。) 4. Current or present. (现在的,当前的。) 5. Often. (常常。) 6. A season of the year. (一年中的一季。) 7. An old unit of time measurement, where one "shichen" is one twelfth of a day and night; "zishi" refers to the time between 11 PM and 1 AM the next day, and "wushi" refers to the time between 11 AM and 1 PM. (旧时的记时单位,一昼夜十二分之一为一“时辰”,深夜十一点至次日凌晨一点为“子时”,中午十一点至一点为“午时”。) 8. A modern unit of time measurement, which is one twenty-fourth of a day and night. (现在的记时单位,一昼夜的二十四分之一。) 9. A certain moment. (某一时刻。) 10. Indeterminate times, sometimes. (不定时,有时候。) 11. Opportunity. (机会。) 12. A surname. (姓。) 时 shí 1. Same original meaning (quarter of a year; season). (同本义,季度;季节。) 2. One of the 12 traditional two-hour periods for measuring time; a fraction of a day and night (anciently one day was divided into twelve "shichen"). (时辰,计时单位,一昼夜的十二分之一。) 3. Time; moment. (时间;时候。) 4. Fashion. (时尚,时俗。) 5. Fortune. (时运;命运。) 6. Opportunity. (时机;机会。) 7. Tense of a verb. (动词的时态。) 8. O'clock. (钟点。) 9. A moment; a brief time. (片刻,一会儿或瞬间。) 10. Days; time. (岁月,光阴。) 11. Current situation. (指时势或时局。) 12. Dynasty. (代,朝。) 13. Climate. (气候。) 14. A surname. (姓。) 时 shí 1. Timely; appropriate. (合时宜的,适时的。) 2. Current; present. (当时的。) 3. Good. (善,好。) 时 shí 1. Now and then. (相当于“常常”、“经常”。) 2. Sometimes. (相当于“有时”、“偶尔”。) 3. According to the fixed period. (按时,到时候。) 4. Used in repetition to indicate variability. (叠用,表示时而这样,时而那样。) 5. Then; at that time. (当时,这时,那时。) 时 shí Indicating proximity; equivalent to "this." (表示近指,相当于“此”、这。”) 时 shí 1. Timely; appropriate. (适时;合于时宜。) 2. To wait; to attend. (通“伺”。伺候;等待。) 3. To be in a place; find oneself in. (处,处于。) 4. To bear; to endure. (承,承受。)
jí shí
in time / promptly / without delay / timely
míng zào yī shí
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
xiǎo shí
hour / CL:個|个[ge4]
jí shí
immediate
lì shí
to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
wǔ shí
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
shí xiàn lì
Shi Xianli
yín shí
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
shí shàng
fashion / fad / fashionable
wéi shí shàng zǎo
too early / time is not yet ripe
jiè shí
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
rèn bì shí
Ren Bishi (人名)
dāng shí
then / at that time / while
shí cháng
often / frequently
píng shí
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
yòu shí
childhood
shí bì
ills of the day / contemporary problems
zhēn biān shí bì
point out problems and persuade sb. to correct them
qiè zhòng shí bì
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
bǐ shí
at that time
chà shí
in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
shí kè
time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always
cǐ shí cǐ kè
at this very moment
huà shí dài
epoch-marking
chū shí
At first
Bǐ lì shí
Belgium
tóng shí
at the same time / simultaneously
shā shí jiān
Stop time
Shí bào
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
àn shí
on time / before deadline / on schedule
shòu shí
to broadcast a time signal
shí jiān
time / period / CL:段[duan4]
zhǔn shí
on time / punctual / on schedule
qí shí
meantime / meanwhile
Jiù shí qì Shí dài
Paleolithic Era
jiù shí
in former times / the olden days
zhè shí
at this time / at this moment
shí qī
period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4]
cǐ shí
now / this moment
yī shí
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
yǒu shí
sometimes / now and then
nà shí
then / at that time / in those days
dēng shí
immediately / at once
suí shí
at any time / at all times / at the right time
zàn shí
temporary / provisional / for the time being
zàn shí xìng
provisionality / transiency / transient / temporal
shí jī
fortunate timing / occasion / opportunity
shí guāng
time / era / period of time
shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié
Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.
zhè shí hòu
at this time / at this point / by the time
yǒu shí hou
sometimes
xiǎo shí hou
in one's childhood
dào shí hòu
when the moment comes / at that time
shí duàn
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
dìng shí zhà dàn
time bomb
hé shí
when
shí dài
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
shí yì
epidemic
shùn shí
instantaneous
shùn shí sù dù
instantaneous speed / instantaneous velocity
亿 yì qiān wǎ shí
Billion kWh
shí zhì jīn rì
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
shí hou
time / length of time / moment / period
qián xiē shí
Some time ago
lì shí
right away / quickly / immediately
shí ér
occasionally / from time to time
hào shí
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
lín shí
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
yǔ cǐ tóng shí
at the same time / meanwhile
yǔ shí jù jìn
abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
shí jié
season / time
fèi shí
to take time / time-consuming
shí chen
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
hōng dòng yī shí
to cause a sensation (idiom)
shí guò jìng qiān
things change with the passage of time (idiom)
shuō shí chí
Talking late
shuō shí chí nà shí kuài
Say it's too late
shì shí
timely / apt to the occasion / in due course
nì shí zhēn
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
shí sù
speed per hour
shēng bù féng shí
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time
shí zhēn
hand of a clock / hour hand
shí zhōng
clock
shà shí
in a split second
xián shí
idle hours / at leisure
shí gé
separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
shí xì
slot time / TS(time slot)
líng shí
midnight / zero hour
bù shí zhī xū
a possible period of want or need
shà shí jiān
in a split second
yī shà shí
in an instant
fēng mǐ yī shí
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
gǎn shí máo
to keep up with the latest fashion
dùn shí
immediately / suddenly

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