(xiǎo shí) - hour in Mandarin
xiǎoshíTraditional: 小時
Translation
hour
Word origin
A two-character compound meaning hour. 小 (xiǎo) 'small' joins 时 (shí) 'time, hour', literally a 'small time'. 时 is the simplified form of 時, with the 日 'sun' radical and 寺 (sì) as phonetic.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 小 (xiǎo, 'small') + 时 (shí, 'time'; 日 sun radical + 寺 phonetic)
Stroke order
小
时
Examples
。
Waited for two hours.
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There are twenty-four hours in a day.
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We will arrive in another hour.
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I waited for three hours.
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We will arrive in another half hour.
小时 (xiǎo shí) - hour.
Used in
Grammar articles
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