不时

不時

bùshí

adverb HSK 5 #11,450

Meanings

HSK 3

他不时地看看手表。

Tā bùshí de kànkan shǒubiǎo.

He glanced at his watch from time to time.

HSK 3

我们不时会联系。

Wǒmen bùshí huì liánxì.

We keep in touch from time to time.

HSK 5

窗外不时传来鸟叫声。

Chuāngwài bùshí chuánlái niǎo jiàoshēng.

Bird calls came from outside the window now and then.

usage

不时 is slightly more literary than 有时候 (yǒu shíhou, sometimes). It emphasizes irregular, unpredictable intervals.

不 bù

时 shí