暂时 (zànshí) means Temporary (provisional). Below are 6 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
这个问题 暂时 解决不了。
Zhège wèntí zànshí jiějué bu liǎo.
This problem cannot be solved for now.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 暂时
公司决定 暂时 冻结招聘。
Gōngsī juédìng zànshí dòngjié zhāopìn.
The company decided to freeze hiring for the time being.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冻结
这条路因施工 暂时 封闭。
Zhè tiáo lù yīn shīgōng zànshí fēngbì.
This road is temporarily closed for construction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 封闭
电梯出现故障， 暂时 停用。
Diàntī chūxiàn gùzhàng, zànshí tíngyòng.
The lift has broken down and is out of service for now.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 故障
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Questions about 暂时
How is 暂时 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 暂时 (zànshí, "Temporary (provisional)"), 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 暂时 an HSK word?
Yes — 暂时 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 暂时?
The dictionary page for 暂时 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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