时而 shíér

HSK level

Traditional form

時而

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

时 shí

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 時 shí .

Semantic compound

日 Rì

Positional decomposition

⿰日寸

Number of Strokes

而 ér

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as 耏 Ér . The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

？

Number of Strokes

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她 tā 声音 shēngyīn 甜润 tián rùn , 时而 shíér 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé ,时而 shíér 拖声拖 tuō 气 qì .

She had a sweet voice, sometimes rapid and sometimes drawling in her throat.

时而 shíér 天 tiān 晴 qíng ,时而 shíér 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

The weather alternates between sunshine and rain.

蔚蓝色的 de 天空 tiānkōng 中 Zhōng ,时而 shíér 飘 piāo 过 Guò 几 jī 朵 duǒ 白云 Bái yún .

Sometimes several clusters of white clouds drift across the blue sky.

打官司 dǎguānsi 费钱耗时 hào shí 而且 érqiě 给 gěi 人 rén 添堵 tiān dǔ ，所以 suǒyǐ 最好 zuìhǎo 能 Néng 避 bì 则 zé 避 bì 。

Going to court can be an expensive, time consuming and gut wrenching experience that is best avoided.

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 时而 shíér and their own compounds.

时 shí

日 Rì , 寸 cùn

而 ér

See all 96 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 时而 shíér in their composition.

时 shí

莳 shí , 鲥 shí , 埘 shí

而 ér

需 xū

懦 nuò , 儒 rú , 蠕 rú , 孺 rú , 濡 rú , 糯 nuò , 嚅 rú , 壖 ruán , 嬬 xū , 擩 rǔ , 曘 rú , 獳 nòu , 瓀 ruǎn , 礝 ruǎn , 繻, 臑 nào , 薷 rú , 襦 rú , 轜 ér , 醹 rú , 鑐 xū , 颥 rú , 嶿, 檽, 燸, 穤, 羺, 譳, 隭, 顬 rú , 鱬

耎 ruǎn

堧 ruán , 碝 ruǎn , 陾 réng , 餪 nuǎn , 偄, 媆, 愞, 渜, 煗, 瑌, 稬, 緛, 腝, 蝡, 輭

耑 duān

瑞 ruì , 端 duān , 喘 chuǎn , 踹 chuài , 揣 chuāi , 湍 tuān , 惴 zhuì , 圌 chuí , 遄 chuán , 鍴 duān , 颛 zhuān , 偳, 剬, 媏 duān , 椯, 歂, 煓, 猯, 篅, 腨, 褍, 諯, 貒, 輲, 顓 zhuān