Chinese Notes

时 (時) shí

shí noun time / a period of time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: Synonym discussion: in this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时间 (CCD '时' 1; FE '時' 3; GHDC '时' 3)
shí 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)
shí 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)
shí adverb at that time
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
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)
shí 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)
shí 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.
shí 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)
shí 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)
shí 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.
shí 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.
shí noun the current situation / the current political situation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: Synonym discussion: in this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 时势 or 时局
shí noun an era / a dynasty
Domain: History 历史
Notes: In the sense of 时代 (FE '時' 2; GHDC '时' 4)
shí noun climate
Domain: Earth Sciences 地球科学 , Subdomain: Meteorology 气象学
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 气候.
shí 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.
shí 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)
shí 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)
shí 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)
shí pronoun this / that
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to the demonstrative pronouns 此 or 这 (GHDC '时' 13; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 89).
shí verb to wait upon
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 伺候 (GHDC '时' 11)
shí 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.
shí noun hour
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In this sense 时 is similar in meaning to 小时 (CCD '时' 6b; FE '時' 4)
shí adjective appropriate / proper
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In the sense of 时宜 (FE '時' 7; GHDC '时' 8)
shí proper noun Shi
Domain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '时' 11; FE '時' 11; GHDC '时' 15)
shí 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

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Truncated for common words

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷二十九志第十九五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three	106
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷二十七志第十七五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One	77
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷二十一魏書二十一王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius	75
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷二十八志第十八五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two	75
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷三十三志第二十三五行四 Volume 33 Treatises 23: Five Elements 4	65
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷九十二列傳第六十二文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers	62
Book of Han 《漢書》	卷二十七中之上五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2	61
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷十三魏書十三鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang	61
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷十一魏書十一袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan	61
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷十魏書十一袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu	61

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
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
时叙	時敘	百揆時敘	Book of Documents 《尚書》虞書舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun	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
时忱	時忱	尚克時忱	Book of Documents 《尚書》商書湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang	2