shí

time, season; era, age, period

DEFINITIONS

  • time, season
  • era, age, period
  • old variant of 時|时[shi2]
  • surname Shi
  • o'clock
  • time
  • when
  • hour
  • season
  • period

STROKES

時 stroke order diagram

WORDS

春秋戰國代 chūn qiū zhàn guó shí dài the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
春秋代 chūn qiū shí dài Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
下 shí xià at present; right now
不再來 shí bù zài lái Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
不我待 shí bù wǒ dài time and tide wait for no man (idiom)
shí bù shí from time to time
乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
事 shí shì current trends; the present situation; how things are going
代 shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine; age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
代不同,風尚不同 shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners; O Tempora, O Mores!
代廣場 shí dài guǎng chǎng Times Square
代曲 shí dài qǔ shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
代華納 shí dài huá nà Time Warner Inc., US media company
令 shí lìng season
任 shí rèn then (as in "the then chairman")
來運轉 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break; things change for the better
俗 shí sú prevalent custom of the time
候 shí hou time; length of time; moment; period
價 shí jià current price
光 shí guāng time; era; period of time
光機 shí guāng jī time machine
分 shí fēn time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
刻 shí kè time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always
刻準備 shí kè zhǔn bèi ready at any moment
刻表 shí kè biǎo timetable; schedule