时光

时光 shíguāng

Era (time - period of time)

时光 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體時光 shiguang

What 时光 means

Era (time - period of time)

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Character by character

时光 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

时

shí

When (time - hour - season - o'clock)

光

guāng

Light (glory - bare - smooth)

Words that share a character with 时光

How to write 时光

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时光 in a sentence

那段时光让人怀念。

Nà duàn shíguāng ràng rén huáiniàn.

Those days are worth remembering fondly.

时光过得真快。

Shíguāng guò de zhēn kuài.

Time really does fly.

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Questions about 时光

What does 时光 mean in English?

时光 is pronounced shíguāng and means Era (time - period of time).

How do you pronounce 时光?

时光 is shíguāng in pinyin — written shiguang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 时光?

时光 is written with 2 characters: 时 (shí) When (time - hour - season - o'clock), 光 (guāng) Light (glory - bare - smooth). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 时光 written in traditional Chinese?

時光. The simplified form 时光 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 時光 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shíguāng.

Is 时光 an HSK word?

Yes — 时光 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

十足 shízú 石油 shíyóu 时常 shícháng 时而 shí'ér 时机 shíjī 时事 shíshì 识别 shíbié 实惠 shíhuì

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