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时候

shíhou

Traditional: 時候

time

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Meaning of 时候 in English

shíhouHSK 1nounSyllabus #185
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period

Example sentences

  1. 这事是什么时候发生的？
    zhè shì shì shén me shí hòu fā shēng de？
    When did this come about?
    Tatoeba #440016 by GlossaMatik · #3731916 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 什么时候想来就过来吧。
    shén me shí hòu xiǎng lái jiù guò lái ba。
    Come whenever you want to.
    Tatoeba #5153294 by musclegirlxyp · #1392640 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你什么时候学会游泳的？
    nǐ shén me shí hòu xué huì yóu yǒng de？
    When did you learn to swim?
    Tatoeba #621068 by Yashanti · #621067 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

时 on its own →
shí · (after a numeral) o'clock; hour(s)

HSK words with 时

时间HSK 1小时HSK 1时HSK 2有时HSK 2小时候HSK 2平时HSK 3按时HSK 4当时HSK 4及时HSK 4同时HSK 4
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HSK words with 候

小时候HSK 2气候HSK 4等候HSK 5伺候HSK 7–9火候HSK 7–9侍候HSK 7–9守候HSK 7–9问候HSK 7–9候选人HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences