时

shí

o'clock

surname Shi; time; when; hour; season; period

Sun (日) + measure (寸) = time passing

The sun (日) moves across the sky, and 寸 here acts primarily as a phonetic hint toward shí. Together they evoke the sun's passage as the original measure of time.

日+寸→时
寸A small unit of measurePhonetic
日The sunSemantic

现在是下午三时,我们出发吧。

xiàn zài shì xià wǔ sān shí, wǒ men chū fā ba.

It is now three o'clock in the afternoon, let's set off.

他小时候住在农村,每天帮家里干活。

tā xiǎo shí hòu zhù zài nóng cūn, měi tiān bāng jiā lǐ gàn huó.

When he was little, he lived in the countryside and helped the family with chores every day.

Words with 时

时隔

shí gé

separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)

时调

shí diào

regional folk song popular during a certain period of time

儿时

ér shí

childhood

时令

shí lìng

season

战国时代

zhàn guó shí dài

the Warring States period (475-221 BC)

暂时

zàn shí

temporary; provisional; for the time being

旧石器时代

jiù shí qì shí dài

Paleolithic Era

时刻表

shí kè biǎo

timetable

即时通讯

jí shí tōng xùn

instant messaging

每时每刻

měi shí měi kè

at all times

时延

shí yán

(electronics) delay; latency

赶时髦

gǎn shí máo

to keep up with the latest fashion

More characters with 日

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