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小时

小时 xiǎoshí

小时 xiǎoshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 小时 xiǎoshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎoshí | xiao3 shi2
English translation
hour
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>[gè]

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Traditional form

小時

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 小时 xiǎoshí

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xiǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of three small dots, representing grains of sand or rice, to convey the meaning "small".

Positional decomposition

亅八

Number of Strokes

3
shí

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of shí .

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

日寸

Number of Strokes

7

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zài 实验室 shí yàn shì dūn jiù shì 好几 hǎo jǐ 小时 xiǎoshí .

He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.

hāi , 卡明斯, gōng 下里士 Mǎn 需要 xūyào 小时 xiǎoshí ya ?

Hey, Cummings , how many hours will you need to take Richmond?

每个 rén huá le 小时 xiǎoshí jiǎng ,然后 ránhòu 休息 xiūxi .

Each man had a paddle for an hour and then a rest.

过去 guòqu Cháng guàng 大街 dà jiē ,一逛就是 jiù shì 几个 jǐ ge 小时 xiǎoshí .

He used to roam the streets for hours on end.

昨晚 zuó wǎn , zhǐ Huā le liǎng 小时 xiǎoshí jiù xiě le Fēng xìn .

He knocked out five letters in two hours last night.

小时 xiǎoshí Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 小时 xiǎoshí and their own compounds.

小时 xiǎoshí Compounds

See all 1147 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 小时 xiǎoshí in their composition.

  • xiǎo
    • jiào
    • dāng
      • dàng , dǎng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dàng
    • Cháng
      • cháng , , ,
    • xué
    • ěr
    • shǎo
      • Shā
        • shā , shā , shā , suō , shā , , , xx , suō , shā , , , , , , , 髿,
      • shěng
        • , ,
      • liè
      • chāo
      • qiāo
        • jié , ,
      • bīn
        • bīn , pín , pīn , , , pín , bìn , bīn , bìn , bīn , , , bīn , , , , , , bìn , bìn
      • miǎo
      • suì
        • huì , wèi , huì , guì , , huì , , , , huì ,
      • miào , miǎo , chǎo , chǎo , shā , chāo , shā , miǎo , chāo , , chāo , shā , , , , , , , shā , , , , ,
    • Xīng
    • yuán
      • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
    • guāng
      • huǎng
        • huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , , ,
      • 耀 yào , huī , huǎng , guāng , guāng , , gōng , huǎng , guāng , guāng , guāng , huǎng , kuàng , guāng , , , , , , , , , huī , , , ,
    • shì
      • piào
        • piāo
          • piāo
        • piāo , biāo , piáo , piāo , piáo , piǎo , piāo , biāo , piào , piào , biāo , biāo , biāo , piāo , biǎo , biāo , biào , , , , , , , biāo , , , piāo , , , , biāo , , , , biào
      • jīn
        • jīn , jìn , , , 澿,
      • wèi
        • wèi , , , wèi , wèi , , ,
      • Zōng
        • Chóng
        • zōng , zōng , zèng , zōng , zòng , cóng , cóng , cóng , cóng , zōng , , , , , , , , zōng , zōng , , , , , , ,
      • nài
        • nài , , nǎi , nài
        • chá
        • cài
          • , ,
        • chì , , zhài , , cài , , , , , ,
      • bǐng
      • nài
        • , 渿,
      • suàn
        • ,
      • biāo , , kuǎn , suì , , , , zhī , , , , , zuò , , , , zhēn , yǒng , , ráng , yǐng , lóng , , , , , , , 祿, , chán , , dǎo , shì ,
    • cháng
      • cháng , 鲿 cháng
    • Shàng
      • táng
        • táng , táng , chēng , tāng , tāng , táng , táng , tāng , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhǎng
        • chēng , chēng , , ,
      • dǎng
      • shǎng
        • cháng , ,
        • chēng , chēng
      • dāng
        • dàng , dāng , dǎng , , dāng , , dǎng , dàng , , , , dāng , , dāng , dāng ,
      • shǎng , tǎng , tāng , tǎng , shang , cháng , cháng , shàng , , chǎng , shàng , tǎng , cháng , shǎng , , , , , , , , , , tāng , , , ,
    • jiān
    • Dǎng
      • tǎng , dǎng , , tǎng
    • Jīng
      • jiù
        • jiù , , jiù , , ,
      • Jǐng
        • yǐng , jǐng , jǐng , jǐng , , , , ,
      • hào
      • jīng , liàng , Liáng , qióng , jīng , lüè , liàng , jīng , liáng , jìng , qíng , jiàng , liáng , liáng , jīng , qíng , , , , , , , liàng , liáng , , , jiù
    • Sūn
    • Xiāo
      • shāo
        • shào ,
      • xiāo
      • xiè
      • xiāo , xiāo , qiāo , shào , xiāo , xiāo , qiào , xiāo , shāo , xiāo , shāo , qiào , qiào , xiāo , zhào , shāo , shāo , shāo , shāo , shuò , xiāo , shāo , shāo , qiào , shāo , xiāo , , , , , , , , qiào , , , , , ,
    • shé
    • táng
      • , ,
    • ěr
        • sūn
          • xùn , sūn , , sūn ,
        • yáo
          • ,
        • xiàn , xuán , dào , yáo , gǔn , , , ,
      • Suǒ
        • suō , suǒ ,
        • , , , , , , , , , ,
      • lěi
        • luó , luó , luò , léi , lěi , luò , luǒ , lěi , léi , léi , , , , , luó
      • fán
      • yíng
      • zuǎn
      • 綿 mián
        • , ,
      • hóng
      • yuē
        • , ,
      • jié
        • , jié ,
        • , ,
      • téng
      • zhòu
      • fēn
      • zhōng
      • jué
        • juē
        • , , lèi
        • wān
        • liàn
        • luán
        • luán
          • luán , ,
        • luán
        • xiǎn
        • , , , luán , 孿 luán , luán , , , , , , mán , biàn , luán , luán
      • juàn
        • juàn
      • wéi
        • luō
          • luó
            • luo
          • luó , luò , luó , luō , , , , , luó , luó ,
        • wéi
      • huǎn
      • yíng
        • ,
      • màn
      • jiǎn
      • lèi
        • lěi , léi , , ,
      • jǐn , wěn , liàn , gěi , bǎng , wén , , , biān , , xián , jǐn , gǎo , , wǎng , jīng , luò , suō , 乿 zhì , jiǔ , , fóu , , jīn , zhì , tuó , zhěn , shī , jīng , rèn , guà , kuàng , , gēng , bǐng , , lěi , huì , zhí , , miǎn , 絿 qiú , , qīn , , tīng , , jiǒng , féng ,
      • , , , , cuì , jié , zōu , , ruí , , , zǒng , , , xiè , gēng , zǒng , , yuán , zǒng , , shéng , pán , tāo , zài , zòng , cài , , , 縿 shān , , qiǎng , xiān , , suì , , fān , ruǐ , huà , , , , , zuǎn , xiān , , , luò , ,
      • , , jiū , 糿, , , , , wán , rèn , , , , niǔ , , shū , chún , , , shā , , zhǐ , , yún , , fǎng , , , , , , , , , , , , shēn , , , , , , shào , gàn , , , 紿, chù ,
      • , bàn , , , , , , háng , , jié , , , , , , tāo , , jiǎo , , , xuàn , , , , róng , , , , , tǒng , jiàng , , , , , , , tǒng , , , , , , , , , , suí , ,
      • , , , zōng , , , , , , chóu , quǎn , , , , , , shòu , , , gāng , , zhuì , cǎi , , lún , liǔ , , zhàn , , chuò , , , , gǔn , , , , fēi , , , , , , jiān , , xiàn , , duàn , ,
      • , , yuán , , , , miǎn , , , wěi , , miǎo , , , , , , , zhì , , , , 緿, , , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , , , yūn , , , , , , , , , , tāo ,
      • , fèng , , , zòng , , , qiàn , , , , piāo , , , zǒng , , , , běng , , móu , , , , , , , zēng , , zhī , shàn , , , liáo , , , rào , , xiù , , , , , , shéng , huì , , , huán , qiāo
      • , , jiǎo , , , , , , , , bīn , qiǎn , 繿, , , , , xié , , , , chán , , chán , yīng , cái , xiān , , , lǎn , , , biàn ,
    • suǒ
    • qiān
    • xx
    • shū
      • shū
        • shū
        • , jiāo , , chù , , shū , , , , , , ,
        • , , , miè , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
    • xiàn
    • jué
      • , nié ,
    • liào
      • liáo
        • liáo , , ,
      • liáo , lǎo , liāo , liǎo , liáo , liào , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liǎo , liáo , liáo , liāo , lǎo , , , , , , liáo , , , liáo , liáo , liào , ,
    • liú
      • dān
        • dàn , zhàn , ,
      • cháo , shòu
      • , ,
    • Yìng , , chén , , , láo , yán , yíng , , shàng , , róng , yīng , , yíng , hòu , xué , liáo , hóng , , , suǒ , , , jié , , xué , , , , , suǒ , , , suǒ , , zhāi
  • shí
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