时间

Character by character

• 时shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 時time, season; era, age, period
• 间jiān7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 間midpoint, space; place, locality

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我有时间。

  Wǒ yǒu shí jiān

  I have time.

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• 时间到了。

  Shí jiān dào le

  Time's up.

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• 我没时间。

  Wǒ méi shí jiān

  I have no time.

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• 没时间了。

  Méi shí jiān le

  There is no time.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 时间. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 时候shí houHSK 1

  time; length of time; moment; period

• 时shíHSK 3

  o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 之间zhī jiānHSK 4

  (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)

• 当时dāng shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; while

• 间jiānHSK 1

  between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms

• 同时tóng shíHSK 2

  at the same time; simultaneously

• 空间kōng jiānHSK 4

  space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

• 房间fáng jiānHSK 1

  room

• 时代shí dàiHSK 3

  age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)

• 有时yǒu shíHSK 1

  sometimes; now and then

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 时刻shí kèHSK 3

  time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always

• 有时候yǒu shí houHSK 1

  sometimes

• 时尚shí shàngHSK 7

  fashion; fad; fashionable

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 那时nà shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; in those days

• 随时suí shíHSK 2

  at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 暂时zàn shíHSK 5

  temporary; provisional; for the time being

• 及时jí shíHSK 3

  timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay

• 时光shí guāngHSK 5

  time; era; period of time

• 平时píng shíHSK 2

  ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

• 临时lín shíHSK 4

  as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc