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shí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shí | shi2
English translation
time, season; period, era, age

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About shí

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shí

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

day

Etymology of shí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日寺

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of shí .

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Words with shí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
时候 shíhou time時候
shí time shí
时间 shíjiān time時間
小时 xiǎoshí hour小時
同时 tóngshí at the same time同時
当时 dāngshí then當時
时代 Shídài age時代
那时 nà shí then那時
有时 yǒu shí sometimes有時
时尚 shíshàng fashion時尚
有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes有時候
时刻 shíkè time時刻
及时 jíshí in time及時
时期 shíqī period時期
随时 suíshí at any time隨時
暂时 zànshí temporary暫時
时光 shíguāng time時光
此时 cǐ shí now此時
这时 zhè shí at this time這時
平时 píngshí ordinarily平時
临时 línshí temporary臨時
小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood小時候
时机 shíjī occasion時機
一时 yī shí a while一時
北京时间 Běi jīng Shí jiān Chinese Standard Time北京時間

shí Decomposition & Compounds

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