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shí

time

时 is a 7 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as shí in the second tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters or may be used instead.

It is made up of the components (sun) and (inch).

  • ˊ

    shí

    time

    • ˋ

      sun

    • ㄘㄨㄣ ˋ

      cùn

      inch

2 stories have been written about this character — see all
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The shadow inches 寸 forward on the sun 日 dial, showing the slow passage of __. No amount of preSSURE can speed it UP.
by vms5q

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Shi time is when the sun inches past
by poptart

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 时

Definitions for 时 pronounced as shí

  • surname Shi
  • o'clock
  • time
  • when
  • hour
  • season
  • period
  • old variant of 時|时[shi2]

Vocabulary

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HSK1 part 1

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Book 2 part 1

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Simco Words

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Priority

by Joeyjoefro 68 characters

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