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how to write shi(time) in chinese

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eanglish meaningtime; days; fixed time; now and then; occasionally; from time to time; now ... now; sometimes ... sometimes

  Stroke order of the Chinese character "时" (shi)

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Basic explanations

n. (比较长的一段时间) time; times; days:

1.  
at that time; in those days;

2.  
ancient times;

3.  生不逢
be born in the wrong time;

4.  盛极一
be in fashion for a time; be all the rage at the moment

n. (规定的时候) fixed time:

1.  上班
get to work on time;

2.  到站
arrive at the station on time;

3.  校车6点开车, 过不候。
The school bus leaves at six sharp and won't wait.

n. (计时单位) hour:

1.  
announce the hour; give the time signal;

2.  从10到12
from 10 to 12;

3.  上午九
at 9 o'clock in the morning; at 9 a.m.;

4.  钟已报
The clock struck the hour.

n. (季节) season:

1.  不违农
not miss the farming season; do farm work in the right season;

2.  
delicacies of the season;

3.  
the four seasons;

4.  瓜果
fruits of the season

n. (时机) opportunity; chance:

1.  而动
bide one's time;

2.  千载一
(of an opportunity) only once in a thousand years;

3.  
lose the opportunity; miss the chance

n. (当前; 现在) current; present:

1.  
at present

n. {语} (时态) tense:

1.  现在[过去,将来]
the present [past, future] tense

n. (时辰) a period of two hours:

1.  
11 p.m. to 1 a.m.;

2.  
1 a.m. to 3 a.m.

n. (姓氏) a surname:

1.  
Shi Miao

adv. (时常;经常) now and then; occasionally; from time to time:

1.  有出现
occur now and then;

2.  有信来
letters sent here frequently;

3.  学而习之
learn and constantly review what one has learned

(叠用, 表示不同的现象或事情交替发生) now ... now ...; sometimes ... sometimes ...:

1.  
on and off;

2.  
sometimes fast, sometimes slow;

3.  
now rise, now fall; have ups and downs;

4.  心情
have changing moods, now gay, now gloomy;

5.  天气冷。
The weather is now hot, now cold.; It is sometimes hot and sometimes cold.