(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
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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.
Where this fits
Used in
Grammar articles
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Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大
The Double 了 Sentence in Mandarin: 我学了三年中文了 and the Continuing-Action Pattern
Duration Complements in Mandarin (时量补语): How to Say How Long an Action Lasts
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected
The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
Mandarin Verb-Object Verbs: Why 'To Eat' Is 吃饭 and How It Splits Apart
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
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