临时 (línshí) means Temporary. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这是一个 临时 的安排。
Zhè shì yí ge línshí de ānpái.
This is a temporary arrangement.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 临时
他 临时 有事，来不了了。
Tā línshí yǒu shì, lái bu liǎo le.
Something came up at the last minute, so he cannot come.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 临时
这块大石头充当了 临时 的桌子。
Zhè kuài dà shítou chōngdāng le línshí de zhuōzi.
This big stone served as a makeshift table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 充当
政府为受灾群众安置了 临时 住房。
Zhèngfǔ wèi shòuzāi qúnzhòng ānzhì le línshí zhùfáng.
The government arranged temporary housing for the disaster victims.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安置
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Questions about 临时
How is 临时 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 临时 (línshí, "Temporary"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 临时 an HSK word?
Yes — 临时 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 临时 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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