时 (時) shí
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noun time / a period of time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时间 (CCD '时' 1; FE '時' 3; GHDC '时' 3) -
noun
a season / a quarter of a year
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 季节 (CCD '时' 3; FE '時' 1; GHDC '时' 1) -
noun
one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时辰 (CCD '时' 6a; GHDC '时' 2) -
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). For example, 當今之時 'At the present time' (Mengzi: 3.1/14/28, translation by Legge) -
adjective
fashionable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Culture 文化
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) -
noun
fate / destiny / luck
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion 宗教
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时运 or 命运. -
noun
occasion / opportunity / chance
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时机 or 机会 (CCD '时' 7; FE '時' 8; GHDC '时' 5) -
noun
tense
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Grammar 语法
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时态 (CCD '时' 10) -
noun
o'clock
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 钟点. -
noun
days / years
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 岁月. -
noun
the current situation / the current political situation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时势 or 时局 -
noun
an era / a dynasty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时代 (FE '時' 2; GHDC '时' 4) -
noun
climate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Earth Sciences 地球科学
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 气候. -
adjective
fashionable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Culture 文化
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时宜. -
adverb
frequently / often
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 常常 or 经常 (FE '時' 5; GHDC '时' 6) -
adverb
occasionally / sometimes
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 有时 or 偶尔 (CCD '时' 8; FE '時' 10) -
adverb
on time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 按时 (FE '時' 9; GHDC '时' 7) -
pronoun
this / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to the demonstrative pronouns 此 or 这 (GHDC '时' 13; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 89). -
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) -
verb
to bear / to support
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 承受. -
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) -
adjective
appropriate / proper
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时宜 (FE '時' 7; GHDC '时' 8) -
proper noun
Shi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '时' 11; FE '時' 11; GHDC '时' 15) -
noun
the present / current
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In the sense of 当前 or 现在 (CCD '时' 4)
Contained in
小时 、 时间 、 时事 、 时候 、 时期 、 同时 、 时机 、 时代 、 即时 、 即时通信 、 北京时间 、 暂时 、 京华时报 、 无论何时 、 何时 、 随时 、 倒计时 、 届时 、 时报 、 有时 、 临时 、 及时 、 时尚 、 实时 、 时空 、 时光 、 与时俱进 、 时至今日 、 此时 、 时节 、 有时候 、 按时 、 当_的时候 、 当时 、 平时 、 时刻 、 一时 、 准时 、 顿时 、 时常 、 即时信息传递 、 即时信息接发 、 时时 、 学时 、 不时 、 时分 、 时分多路复用技术 、 课时 、 那时 、 时而 、 时髦
Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in
Collocations
Simplified | Traditional | Example | Example Reference | Frequency |
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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 | 14 |
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 | 4 |
时厥 | 時厥 | 時厥明 | Book of Documents 《尚書》 周書 泰誓下 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration III | 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 | 4 |
时谓 | 時謂 | 時謂巫風 | Book of Documents 《尚書》 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi | 4 |
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 | 3 |
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 | 3 |
年时 | 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 | 3 |
失时 | 失時 | 衞之男女失時 | The Book of Songs 《詩經》 國風‧衞‧有狐 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - You Hu | 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 | 3 |