时 (時) shí
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shí
noun
time; a point or period of time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时间 (CCD '时' 1; FE '時' 3; GHDC '时' 3; Guoyu '時' n 7; Kroll 2015 '時' 3, p. 413) -
shí
noun
a season; a quarter of a year
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 季节 (CCD '时' 3; FE '時' 1; GHDC '时' 1; Guoyu '時' n 1; Kroll 2015 '時' 1, p. 412) -
shí
noun
one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时辰 (CCD '时' 6a; GHDC '时' 2; Guoyu '時' n 2; Kroll 2015 '時' 2, p. 413) -
shí
adverb
at that time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is a function word in Literary Chinese similar in meaning to 时候 in modern Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 160; Guoyu '時' n 6; Kroll 2015 '时' 5a, p. 413; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1781). For example, 當今之時 'At the present time' (Mengzi: 3.1/14/28, translation by Legge) -
shí
adjective
fashionable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时尚, 时俗, or 时髦 (CCD '时' 5; FE '時' 6; GHDC '时' 9; Kroll 2015 '時' 3a, p. 413) -
shí
noun
fate; destiny; luck
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时运 or 命运 (Kroll 2015 '時' 4a, p. 413) -
shí
noun
occasion; opportunity; chance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时机 or 机会 (CCD '时' 7; FE '時' 8; GHDC '时' 5; Guoyu '時' n 9; Kroll 2015 '時' 4, p. 413) -
shí
noun
tense
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Grammar
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时态 (CCD '时' 10) -
shí
adjective
particular; special
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '時' 4b, p. 413) -
shí
verb
to plant; to cultivate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '时' 7, p. 413) -
shí
measure word
hour (measure word)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '時' n 4) -
shí
noun
an era; a dynasty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时代 (FE '時' 2; GHDC '时' 4; Guoyu '時' n 5) -
shí
noun
time [abstract]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an abstract concept, in the sense of 岁月 (Guoyu '時' n 8) -
shí
adjective
seasonal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '時' 1a, p. 413) -
shí
adverb
frequently; often
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 常常 or 经常 (FE '時' 5; GHDC '时' 6; Guoyu '時' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '时' 5b, p. 413) -
shí
adverb
occasionally; sometimes
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 有时 or 偶尔 (CCD '时' 8; FE '時' 10; Guoyu '時' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '时' 5, p. 413) -
shí
adverb
on time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 按时 (FE '時' 9; GHDC '时' 7) -
shí
pronoun
this; that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Preclassical; in this sense 时 is similar in meaning to the demonstrative pronouns 此 or 这 (GHDC '时' 13; Kroll 2015 '时' 6, p. 413; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 89) -
shí
verb
to wait upon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 伺候 (GHDC '时' 11) -
shí
noun
hour
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 小时 (CCD '时' 6b; FE '時' 4; Guoyu '時' n 3) -
shí
adjective
appropriate; proper; timely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时宜 (FE '時' 7; GHDC '时' 8; Guoyu '時' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '時' 1a, p. 413) -
shí
proper noun
Shi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '时' 11; FE '時' 11; GHDC '时' 15; Guoyu '時' n 10) -
shí
adjective
a present; currentlt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 当前 or 现在 (CCD '时' 4; Guoyu '時' adj 2)
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- 即时即地(即時即地) moment-to-moment
- 时俗(時俗) fashion
- 一时半晌(一時半晌) a short time; a little while
- 曾几何时(曾幾何時) just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when
- 天时(天時) the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order
- 及时行乐(及時行樂) to enjoy the present; to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can
- 时光(時光) time; era; period
- 痛砭时弊(痛砭時弊) to strongly criticize the evils of the day
- 戌时(戌時) 7-9 pm
- 时乖命蹇(時乖命蹇) bad times, adverse fate
- 茶点时间(茶點時間) tea break; tea and dimsun
- 作息时间(作息時間) daily schedule; daily routine
- 历史时期(歷史時期) historic period
- 时装表演(時裝表演) fashion show
- 划时代(劃時代) epoch-marking
- 中石器时代(中石器時代) Mesolithic Era
- 限时信(限時信) mail to be delivered by a specified time
- 准时(準時) on time; punctual; on schedule
- 花时间(花時間) to take up time; to spend time
- 正当时(正當時) the right time for something; the right season (for planting cabbage)
- 时空错置(時空錯置) having elements from another time or place
- 错失时机(錯失時機) miss an opportunity
- 时局(時局) the current political situation
- 时寒冰(時寒冰) Shi Hanbing
- 时空穿越(時空穿越) time travel
- 顺时针(順時針) clockwise
- 轰动一时(轟動一時) to cause a sensation
- 移时(移時) for a while
- 时显时隐(時顯時隱) appearing and disappearing; intermittently visible
- 此时以前(此時以前) heretofore
- 一时之秀(一時之秀) talented people of a time period
- 瞬时辐射(瞬時輻射) prompt radiation
- 未时(未時) 1-3 pm
- 时刻(時刻) moment; time ; momentarily; right away ; frequently; often
- 东部时间(東部時間) Eastern Standard Time (EST)
- 及时雨(及時雨) timely rain; (fig.) timely assistance
- 旬时(旬時) ten days
- 反应时(反應時) response time
- 尔时(爾時) at that time
- 四时之副(四時之副) the correspondences of the four seasons
- 临时抱佛脚(臨時抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises
- 烜赫一时(烜赫一時) to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power
- 时针(時針) hand of a clock; hour hand
- 探索时代(探索時代) Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
- 多时(多時) long time
- 时量补语(时量補語) a complement of duration
- 小时候(小時候) in one's childhood
- 时空旅行(時空旅行) time travel
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Collocations
- 刺时 (刺時) 刺時也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧靜女 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jing Nu — count: 14
- 曰时 (曰時) 曰止曰時 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧緜 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Mian — count: 4
- 时迈 (時邁) 時邁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧時邁 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Shi Mai — count: 4
- 时谓 (時謂) 時謂巫風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 4
- 时维 (時維) 時維鷹揚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 4
- 时周 (時周) 時周之命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧賚 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Lai — count: 3
- 时叙 (時敘) 百揆時敘 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
- 时人 (時人) 時人斯其惟皇之極 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
- 未成年时 (未成年時) 古代男女未成年时把头发扎成丫髻 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
- 陈时 (陳時) 汝陳時臬司 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2