时 (shí) means When (time - hour - season - o'clock). Below are 24 of the 445 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
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From the graded readers
我当 时 没有回答。
wǒ dāngshí méiyǒu huídá.
I didn't answer at the time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
那 时 候只要十分钟。
nàshí hòu zhǐyào shífēn zhōng.
Then it only takes ten minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
项目最后按 时 完成了。
xiàngmù zuìhòu àn shí wánchéng le / liǎo / liào.
The project was finished on time in the end.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
中午的 时 候，天气很热。
zhōngwǔ de / dì shíhou, tiānqì hěn rè.
By noon it was very hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
天气好的 时 候，我不坐车。
tiānqì hǎode shíhou, wǒ bù zuò chē.
When the weather's nice, I don't take the bus.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
我花了整整三天 时 间整理。
wǒ huāle zhěngzhěng sāntiān shíjiān zhěnglǐ.
It took me three full days to sort it out.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我总觉得自己在浪费 时 间。
wǒ zǒng juéde zìjǐ zài làngfèi shíjiān.
I kept feeling I was wasting time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
From the travel phrasebook
谢谢您的 时 间。
Xièxie nín de shíjiān.
Thank you for your time.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
押金什么 时 候退？
Yājīn shénme shíhou tuì?
When is the deposit returned?
Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in
预计什么 时 候到？
Yùjì shénme shíhou dào?
When is it expected to arrive?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
方便的 时 候回我。
Fāngbiàn de shíhou huí wǒ.
Reply whenever it suits you.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
提单什么 时 候能出？
Tídān shénme shíhou néng chū?
When will the bill of lading be issued?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
你什么 时 候来？
Nǐ shénme shíhou lái?
When are you coming?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place
你是什么 时 候来的？
Nǐ shì shénme shíhou lái de?
When did you get here?
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
时 appears in 445 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 时
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 时
How is 时 used in a sentence?
This page shows 445 sentences using 时 (shí, "When (time - hour - season - o'clock)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 时 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 时 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 时?
The dictionary page for 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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