小时候 (xiǎoshíhou) means In one's childhood (as a child). Below are 12 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
他 小时候 想当医生。
Tā xiǎo shíhou xiǎng dāng yīshēng.
When he was small he wanted to be a doctor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当
他 小时候 家里很穷。
Tā xiǎo shíhou jiā lǐ hěn qióng.
His family was poor when he was small.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 穷
他 小时候 特别淘气。
Tā xiǎo shíhou tèbié táoqì.
He was especially mischievous as a child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 淘气
他 小时候 有点自卑。
Tā xiǎoshíhou yǒudiǎn zìbēi.
He felt somewhat inferior as a child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 自卑
他回忆起 小时候 的事。
Tā huíyì qǐ xiǎo shíhou de shì.
He recalled things from his childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 回忆
小时候 他有很多幻想。
Xiǎo shíhou tā yǒu hěn duō huànxiǎng.
He had many fantasies as a child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 幻想
小时候 的记忆很美好。
Xiǎo shíhou de jìyì hěn měihǎo.
Childhood memories are lovely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 记忆
小时候 我住在姥姥家。
Xiǎo shíhou wǒ zhù zài lǎolao jiā.
I lived at my grandmother's when I was little.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 姥姥
他 小时候 常被同学欺负。
Tā xiǎoshíhou cháng bèi tóngxué qīfu.
He was often bullied by classmates as a child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 欺负
他时常想起 小时候 的事。
Tā shícháng xiǎngqǐ xiǎoshíhou de shì.
He often thinks of things from his childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时常
他 小时候 常跟父亲上山打猎。
Tā xiǎoshíhou cháng gēn fùqīn shàngshān dǎ liè.
As a boy he often went up the mountain hunting with his father.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 打猎
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From the graded readers
我 小时候 上的那所小学已经不在了。
wǒ xiǎoshíhou shàng de / dì nà / nèi suǒ xiǎoxué yǐjīng bùzài le / liǎo / liào.
The primary school I went to as a child was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
Questions about 小时候
How is 小时候 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 小时候 (xiǎoshíhou, "In one's childhood (as a child)"), 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.
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