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时 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
Results beginning with 时
时间 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
时候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period
时代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
时尚 shí shàng fashion / fad / fashionable
时期 shí qī period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4]
时刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always
时光 shí guāng time / era / period of time
时空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
时机 shí jī opportunity / opportune moment
时报 Shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
时装 shí zhuāng fashion / fashionable clothes
时常 shí cháng often / frequently
时钟 shí zhōng clock
时分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
时时 shí shí often / constantly
时段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
时辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
时而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time
时事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going
时髦 shí máo in vogue / fashionable
时下 shí xià at present / right now
时节 shí jié season / time
时速 shí sù speed per hour
时限 shí xiàn time limit
时日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
时长 shí cháng duration
时效 shí xiào timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription / limitation / (metallurgy) aging
时隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
时政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time
时任 shí rèn then (as in "the then chairman")
时差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
时序 shí xù timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course
时区 shí qū time zone
时令 shí lìng season
时势 shí shì current situation / circumstances / current trend
时局 shí jú current political situation
时兴 shí xīng fashionable / popular
时点 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
时态 shí tài (verb) tense
时讯 shí xùn news / current events
时运 shí yùn circumstances / fate
时针 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand
时宜 shí yí contemporary expectations
时延 shí yán (electronics) delay / latency
时价 shí jià current price
时弊 shí bì ills of the day / contemporary problems
时标 shí biāo timescale
时菜 shí cài seasonal vegetable
时程 shí chéng timetable / schedule
时戳 shí chuō timestamp
时调 shí diào regional folk song popular during a certain period of time
时式 shí shì fashionable style / (linguistics) tense
时蔬 shí shū seasonal vegetables
时俗 shí sú prevalent custom of the time
时绥 shí suí peace all year round (old letter closing)
时隙 shí xì time slot / slot
时线 shí xiàn timeline
时薪 shí xīn hourly wage
时雍 shí yōng concord / harmony
时租 shí zū to rent by the hour
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时间内 shí jiān nèi within (a period of time)
时刻表 shí kè biǎo timetable / schedule
时间表 shí jiān biǎo schedule / timetable
时不时 shí bù shí from time to time
时间段 shí jiān duàn time window
时效性 shí xiào xìng sensitivity to timing / time-sensitive / timeliness
时装鞋 shí zhuāng xié dress shoes
时间片  time slice
时间帧  time frame
时代曲 shí dài qǔ shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
时光机 shí guāng jī time machine
时间戳 shí jiān chuō timestamp
时间点 shí jiān diǎn point in time
时间囊 shí jiān náng time capsule
时间线 shí jiān xiàn timeline
时间轴 shí jiān zhóu time axis / timeline
时深图 shí shēn tú time depth chart (BTQ) / wavefront chart
时线层 shí xiàn céng timeline
时效法 shí xiào fǎ (law) statute of limitations
时炸弹 shí zhà dàn time bomb
时钟座 Shí zhōng zuò Horologium (constellation)
时装剧 shí zhuāng jù contemporary drama
时装秀 shí zhuāng xiù fashion show
时装业 shí zhuāng yè fashion industry
时时刻刻 shí shí kè kè at all times
时代广场 Shí dài Guǎng chǎng Times Square
时装表演 shí zhuāng biǎo yǎn fashion show
时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)
时不我待 shí bù wǒ dài (idiom) time and tide wait for no man
时日无多 shí rì wú duō time is limited (idiom)
时不再来 shí bù zài lái Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
时乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better
时运亨通 shí yùn hēng tōng our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
时间趋势  time trend / temporal trend
时距曲线  time-distance curve / T-X curve / traveltime curve / hodochrone (rare) / hodograph (rare)
时钟改正  clock correction
时钟误差  clock error / jitter
时髦词语  buzzword
时分复用  time division multiplexing
时间穷人  time-poor people
时间贫穷  time poverty
时间剖面  time section / traveltime section / time profile
时深转换  time-depth conversion / time-to-depth conversion / depth conversion
时深曲线  time-depth curve / time-depth plot
时间单位  time unit
时辰未到 shí chen wèi dào the time has not yet come
时代华纳 Shí dài Huá nà Time Warner Inc., US media company
时大时小 shí dà shí xiǎo sometimes big, sometimes small / varying
时段分析 shí duàn fēn xī time interval analysis
时断时续 shí duàn shí xù stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off
时光隧道 shí guāng suì dào time tunnel
时好时坏 shí hǎo shí huài sometimes good, sometimes bad
时间管理 shí jiān guǎn lǐ time management
时间简史 Shí jiān jiǎn shǐ "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
时间胶囊 shí jiān jiāo náng time capsule
时间进程 shí jiān jìn chéng time course
时间区间 shí jiān qū jiān time interval
时间顺序 shí jiān shùn xù chronosequence
时间序列 shí jiān xù liè time series (stats.)
时刻准备 shí kè zhǔn bèi ready at any moment
时空穿梭 shí kōng chuān suō time travel
时空穿越 shí kōng chuān yuè time travel
时空错置 shí kōng cuò zhì having elements from another time or place
时空胶囊 shí kōng jiāo náng (Tw) time capsule
时空旅行 shí kōng lu:3 xíng time travel
时显时隐 shí xiǎn shí yǐn appearing and disappearing / intermittently visible
时写时辍 shí xiě shí chuò to write for a bit then give up / to write in fits and starts
时隐时现 shí yǐn shí xiàn appearing and disappearing (idiom) / intermittently visible
时有所闻 shí yǒu suǒ wén heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that...
时运不济 shí yùn bù jì fate is unfavorable (idiom) / the omens are not good
时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
时装设计师 shí zhuāng shè jì shī fashion designer
时势造英雄 shí shì zào yīng xióng Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
时间档制度  slotting system
时间敏感性  time sensitivity
时间表协定  Agreement on the Implementation, Compliance and Verification Timetable for the Peace Agreements / Timetable Agreement
时深转换表  time-depth conversion table / time-depth chart / TD chart
时间分辨率  temporal resolution
时间间隔计  intervalometer
时变滤波器 shí biàn lu:4 bō qì time-variant filter
时间不早了 shí jiān bù zǎo le it's getting late / time's getting on
时间测定学 shí jiān cè dìng xué chronometry
时空错置感 shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn sense of being in another time and place / feeling that one has entered a time warp
时间基准信号  time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal
时间先后次序  time series data / time series
时间偏移剖面  time-migrated section
时间等厚线图  time isopach map
时间使用调查  time-use survey
时间序列分析 shí jiān xù liè fēn xī time-series analysis
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H时 Hshí H-hour
同时 tóng shí at the same time / simultaneously
小时 xiǎo shí hour / CL:個|个[ge4]
当时 dāng shí then / at that time / while
当时 dàng shí at once / right away
及时 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay
这时 zhè shí at this time / at this moment
此时 cǐ shí now / this moment
暂时 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being
随时 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary
有时 yǒu shí sometimes / now and then
平时 píng shí ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
一时 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
那时 nà shí then / at that time / in those days
临时 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
顿时 dùn shí immediately / suddenly
即时 jí shí immediate
实时 shí shí (in) real time / instantaneous
何时 hé shí when
不时 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
定时 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
到时 dào shí at that (future) time
届时 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time
适时 shì shí timely / apt to the occasion / in due course
课时 kè shí class / period
按时 àn shí on time / before deadline / on schedule
准时 zhǔn shí on time / punctual / on schedule
立时 lì shí right away / quickly / immediately
历时 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
过时 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
学时 xué shí class hour / period
登时 dēng shí immediately / at once
几时 jǐ shí at what time? / when?
计时 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
多时 duō shí long time
现时 xiàn shí current
儿时 ér shí childhood
霎时 shà shí in a split second
超时 chāo shí to exceed the time limit / (to work) overtime / (computing) timeout
天时 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
中时 Zhōng Shí China Times (newspaper), abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报[Zhong1 guo2 Shi2 bao4]
耗时 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
战时 zhàn shí wartime
旧时 jiù shí in former times / the olden days
瞬时 shùn shí instantaneous
古时 gǔ shí antiquity
午时 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
四时 sì shí the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
分时 fēn shí time-sharing
走时 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
零时 líng shí midnight / zero hour
子时 zǐ shí 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
报时 bào shí to give the correct time
工时 gōng shí man-hour
刹时 chà shí in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
加时 jiā shí (sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
幼时 yòu shí childhood
好时 Hǎo shí Hershey's (brand)
正时 zhèng shí timing (of an engine)
应时 yìng shí timely / occasional
守时 shǒu shí punctual
某时 mǒu shí sometime
申时 shēn shí 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
辰时 chén shí 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
亥时 hài shí 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
卯时 mǎo shí 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
戌时 xū shí 7-9 pm
背时 bèi shí outdated / out of luck
丑时 chǒu shí 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
寅时 yín shí 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
彼时 bǐ shí at that time
补时 bǔ shí (sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时[shang1 ting2 bu3 shi2]) injury time
常时 cháng shí frequently / often / usually / regularly
错时 cuò shí to stagger (holidays, working hours etc)
费时 fèi shí to take time / time-consuming
废时 fèi shí to waste time
富时 fù shí FTSE (British provider of stock exchange indices such as FTSE 100)
共时 gòng shí synchronic / concurrent
贯时 guàn shí diachronic
合时 hé shí in fashion / suiting the time / seasonable / timely
纽时 Niǔ Shí New York Times, abbr. for 紐約時報|纽约时报[Niu3 Yue1 Shi2 bao4]
片时 piàn shí a short time / a moment
权时 quán shí (literary) temporarily
趋时 qū shí to follow fashion
入时 rù shí fashionable
授时 shòu shí to broadcast a time signal
巳时 sì shí 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
岁时 suì shí season / time of the year
往时 wǎng shí past events / former times
为时 wéi shí timewise / pertaining to time
未时 wèi shí 1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
限时 xiàn shí to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time
旬时 xún shí ten days
眼时 yǎn shí (dialect) now / at present
移时 yí shí for a while
酉时 yǒu shí 5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
中时 Zhōng - Shí China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) (abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报[Zhong1guo2 Shi2bao4])
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有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes
一时间 yī shí jiān for a moment / momentarily
那时候 nà shí hou at that time
小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood
到时候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes / at that time
半小时 bàn xiǎo shí half hour
一小时 yī xiǎo shí one hour
新时代 xīn shí dài new age
比利时 Bǐ lì shí Belgium
倒计时 dào jì shí to count down / countdown
短时间 duǎn shí jiān short term / short time
保时捷 Bǎo shí jié Porsche (car company)
及时性 jí shí xìng timeliness / promptness
定时器 dìng shí qì timer
千瓦时 qiān wǎ shí kilowatt-hour
划时代 huà shí dài epoch-marking
计时器 jì shí qì timer
新时尚 xīn shí shàng new fashion
临时工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work
顺时针 shùn shí zhēn clockwise
霎时间 shà shí jiān in a split second
及时雨 jí shí yǔ timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance / timely help
古时候 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days
逆时针 nì shí zhēn anticlockwise / counterclockwise
同时代 tóng shí dài contemporary
过去时 guò qù shí past tense (grammar)
李时珍 Lǐ Shí zhēn Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]
赶时髦 gǎn shí máo to keep up with the latest fashion
标准时 biāo zhǔn shí standard time
小时工 xiǎo shí gōng hourly worker / hourly job
旧时代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days
计时赛 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
夏令时 xià lìng shí daylight saving time
倒时差 dǎo shí chā to adjust to a different time zone
夏时制 xià shí zhì daylight saving time
临时的  ad interim
战时法  jus in bello
挨时间 ái shí jiān to stall / to play for time
抽时间 chōu shí jiān to (try to) find the time to
当时的 dāng shí de of that time / former
等时线 děng shí xiàn isochron / isotime line / time isopach
的时候 de shí hòu when / during / at the time of
定时钟 dìng shí zhōng timer / timing clock / alarm clock
冬令时 dōng lìng shí standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xia4 ling4 shi2])
发稿时 fā gǎo shí time of publication / at the time of going to press
反时势 fǎn shí shì unconventional
反时针 fǎn shí zhēn counterclockwise
反应时 fǎn yīng shí response time
反应时 fǎn yìng shí response time
赶时间 gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry
公里时 gōng lǐ shí kilometer per hour
很多时 hěn duō shí often
合时宜 hé shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)
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