时

時

shí

noun HSK 3 #179

Meanings

Xiǎo shíhou wǒ hěn xǐhuan huà huà.

When I was little, I loved to draw.

Yǒu shí wǒ huì yí gè rén qù sànbù.

Sometimes I go for walks alone.

Xiànzài shì Běijīng shíjiān bā shí.

It is now 8 o'clock Beijing time.

usage

时 appears in many fundamental compounds: 时间 (time), 时候 (time/when), 小时 (hour), 有时 (sometimes), 同时 (at the same time), 及时 (timely).

grammar

As a suffix, 时 means 'when/at the time of': 吃饭时 (when eating), 上课时 (during class). More literary than ...的时候.

时 shí