小时小時 xiǎoshí — hour (a length of time)
xiǎoshí (third tone, dipping)xiao3shi2
Traditional: 小時
hour (a length of time)
HSK 2· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 1· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardnounmeasure
Meanings
hour (a length of time)
A duration of sixty minutes. It normally takes 个 — 两个小时 — and it answers "how long", whereas 点 answers "what time".
measure
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 我每天学习两个小时。我每天學習兩個小時。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) xuéxí (second tone, rising) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí. (third tone, dipping)···
I study for two hours a day.
- 从这儿到机场要一个小时。從這兒到機場要一個小時。Cóng (second tone, rising) zhèr (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling) jīchǎng (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí. (third tone, dipping)···
It takes an hour to get from here to the airport.
Common mistakes
Not quite我学习了两个点。
Correct我学习了两个小时。
点 marks a position on the clock — 两点 is two o’clock. A stretch of time is 小时, so studying for two hours is 两个小时.
Similar words
Words containing 小
- 小xiǎo (third tone, dipping)small, little
- 小姐xiǎojiě (third tone, dipping)Miss, young lady
- 小组小組xiǎo (third tone, dipping) zǔ (third tone, dipping)group
- 小心xiǎoxīn (third tone, dipping)to be careful, to watch out for
- 小说小說xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level)novel
- 小时候小時候xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising) hou (neutral tone)in one's childhood
- 大小dà (fourth tone, falling) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)dimension
- 小学小學xiǎo (third tone, dipping) xué (second tone, rising)elementary school; primary school
- 小朋友xiǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping)child
- 从小從小cóng (second tone, rising) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)from childhood
- 小型xiǎo (third tone, dipping) xíng (second tone, rising)small scale
- 小偷xiǎo (third tone, dipping) tōu (first tone, high and level)thief
- 缩小縮小suō (first tone, high and level) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)to reduce
- 小区小區xiǎo (third tone, dipping) qū (first tone, high and level)neighborhood
- 小人xiǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)person of low social status (old)
- 小声小聲xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)in a low voice
- 小品xiǎo (third tone, dipping) pǐn (third tone, dipping)short, simple literary or artistic creation
Words containing 时
- 时间時間shíjiān (second tone, rising)time (an amount of it)
- 时時shí (second tone, rising)o'clock
- 时候時候shíhou (second tone, rising)time, moment
- 当时當時dāng (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising)then
- 时代時代shí (second tone, rising) dài (fourth tone, falling)age
- 有时有時yǒu (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising)sometimes
- 时刻時刻shí (second tone, rising) kè (fourth tone, falling)moment
- 有时候有時候yǒu (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising) hou (neutral tone)sometimes
- 时尚時尚shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)fashion
- 那时那時nà (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)then
- 随时隨時suí (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)at any time
- 时期時期shí (second tone, rising) qī (first tone, high and level)period
- 暂时暫時zàn (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)temporary
- 及时及時jí (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)in time
- 按时按時ànshí (fourth tone, falling)on time, on schedule
- 时光時光shí (second tone, rising) guāng (first tone, high and level)time
- 平时平時píng (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising)ordinarily