shí

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  • 1

    n.time; years

    • lì shí shí zài

      for ten years

    • xiàn shí

      now

    • wǒ yǐ děng hòu duō shí

      等候

      I have waited for a long period of time.

  • 2

    n.hour (one of the twenty-four hours of the day)

    • bào shí

      announce the hour

    • cóng shí dào shí

      1012

      from 10 to 12

    • xiǎo shí

      hour

  • 3

    n.current; present

    • shí xià

      at present

    • shí shì

      current affairs

    • shí xīn

      fashionable

    synonym
  • 4

    n.a period of time

    • gǔ shí

      ancient time

    • píng shí

      at oridinary time

    • shèng jí yī shí

      be all the rage at the moment

  • 5

    n.fixed time

    • jiè shí guāng lín

      光临

      Come by then, please

    • zhǔn shí

      on time

    • xiào chē diǎn kāi chē guò shí bù hòu

      校车6开车

      The school bus leaves at six sharp and won't wait.

  • 6

    n.opportunity; chance

    • shí jī

      chance

    • qiān zǎi yī shí

      only once in a thousand year

    • dài shí ér dòng

      bide one's time

  • 7

    adv.now and then; occasionally

    • shí shí

      often

    • shí cháng

      now and then

    • zhè shì qing shí yǒu fā shēng

      事情发生

      It happens occasionally.

    synonym
  • 8

    n.season

    • shí cài

      delicacies of the season

    • sì shí

      the four seasons

  • 9

    n.dateda period of two hours

    • zi shí

      time period that is from 11 o'clock in the evening to 1 o'clock in the morning

  • 10

    n.(used in pairs) same as "now...now..." or "sometimes...sometimes..."

    • běi jīng tiān qì shí rè shí lěng

      北京天气

      It is sometimes hot and sometimes cold in Beijing.

  • 11

    n.tense

    • xiàn zài shí

      现在

      present tense

    • jiāng lái shí

      将来

      future tense

  • 12

    n.Shi, a surname

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Chinese Characters with pinyin shí

  • solid; true
  • ten; topmost
  • eat; food
  • rock; stone inscription
  • have a sense of; know