shí

time; when; o'clock

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 25th character
Radical ⽇ (72.3)
Strokes 7
Index # 717
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

时 shí
  1. 1. time
  2. 2. when
  3. 3. o'clock
  4. 4. hour
  5. 5. period
  6. 6. season
  7. 7. surname Shi
  8. 8. old variant of shí

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Words containing 时

Word Meaning
fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving
chronometry
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
timeline
timeline; time axis
time course
harmony; concord
intermittently visible; appearing and disappearing
point of time (in time-based systems)
partly cloudy (meteorology)
time-lapse photography
sometimes; at times
1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
Li Shizhen, Ming doctor, wrote Bencao Gangmu
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
sometime
GMT; Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
most flourishing period; Golden Age
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
(literary) temporarily
to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)
happy time; happy hour (in bars etc)
timing (of an engine)
the right time for sth