shí

time; when; o'clock

Character data

Radical ⽇ (72.6)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

時 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

Stroke order

時 stroke order diagram

Words containing 時

Word Meaning
Spring and Autumn and Warring States era
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
at present; right now
Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
time and tide wait for no man (idiom)
from time to time
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
the present situation; how things are going; current trends
era; age; period (in one's life)
customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
Times Square
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
Time Warner Inc., US media company
season
then (as in "the then chairman")
things change for the better
prevalent custom of the time
time; moment; period
current price
time; period of time; era
time machine
time; period during the day
moment; time; always
ready at any moment
schedule; timetable