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时间時間 shíjiān — time (an amount of it)

shíjiān (second tone, rising)shi2jian1

Traditional: 時間

time (an amount of it)

HSK 2· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 2· Three-band, nine-level standardnoun
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Meanings

  1. time (an amount of it)

    Time as something you can have, lack or spend: 我没有时间. It is the quantity word; a particular moment is 时候.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 时時
    shí (second tone, rising)

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

    7 strokes⿰日寸Radical 日

Example sentences

  • 我今天没有时间。我今天沒有時間。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) shíjiān. (second tone, rising)···

    I haven’t got time today.

  • 学习汉语要很多时间。學習漢語要很多時間。Xuéxí (second tone, rising) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) shíjiān. (second tone, rising)···

    Learning Chinese takes a lot of time.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我今天没有时候。

    Correct我今天没有时间。

    时候 is a point in time and lives in 什么时候 and …的时候. A quantity of time that you have or lack is 时间.

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