时值

時值

shízhí

noun #36,707

Meanings

1 at the time of (a particular season/period)
2 current value
3 note duration (in music)

Characters

value; to be (a time)

Examples

时值秋季，山上的枫叶红了。

Shízhí qiūjì, shān shàng de fēngyè hóng le.

It being autumn, the maple leaves on the mountain have turned red.

全音符的时值是四拍。

Quányīnfú de shízhí shì sì pāi.

A whole note has a duration of four beats.

Tips

usage

Two distinct uses. (1) Formal / written: 时值 + season or period = 'at the time of...' (时值春节 'at Spring Festival time'). (2) Music theory: 时值 means the rhythmic duration of a note. Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

时 shí

值 zhí