IDENTITY
时shítime; when
HSK 1Top 30
CORE MEANING
time; when
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.timeHSK1
- 2.when; at the time ofHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 日sun radical (rì)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰日寸
- sun = time
- gives the sound shí (historical)
USAGE
Common words
时间shíjiāntime
时候shíhoutime; when
小时xiǎoshíhour
Graded examples
我没有时间。Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān.HSK1
I have no time.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 对
- 诗
LEARNING
Memory aid
The sun (日) measured in inches (寸) — telling time.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #30
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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