时候
shíhòuTraditional: 時候
HSK 1
#614 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
time, moment, when
Stroke order
时
候
Examples
。
When I was young, I loved playing games.
习。
Now is the time to study hard.
？
When will you come back?
。
Let us talk about it when he grows up.
雨。
When it rains I just stay home and read.
时候 (shí hòu) means time, moment, or when. It appears in temporal clauses (小时候, childhood; 工作的时候, when working; 那时候, at that time) and in questions (什么时候, when?). The structure ...的时候 (when...) is one of the most fundamental temporal expressions in Mandarin. 时候 refers to a point or period of time, while 时间 (shí jiān) refers to time as a quantity or concept (我没有时间, I have no time).
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