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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 1–4 (classic)nounmeasure
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Meanings

  1. 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

  • 小
    xiǎo (third tone, dipping)

    small, little; young, junior

    3 strokesRadical 小
  • 时時
    shí (second tone, rising)

    time; an hour; a season; when, at the time of

    7 strokes⿰日寸Radical 日

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

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