时光

時光

shíguāng

noun HSK 5 #1,606

Meanings

Time as light — poetic, like time passing as swiftly as a ray of light.

Wǒ huáiniàn dàxué de shíguāng.

I miss the time in college.

Shíguāng guò de zhēn kuài.

Time passes so fast.

Nà shì yī duàn měihǎo de shíguāng.

That was a beautiful time.

Zhēnxī hé jiārén zài yīqǐ de shíguāng.

Cherish the time spent with family.

usage

时光 is more poetic and nostalgic than 时间 (shíjiān, time). Use 时光 when reminiscing or being literary: 美好时光 (wonderful times), 时光飞逝 (time flies).

时 shí

光 guāng