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HSK
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary
HSK 2
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
sometimes
HSK 1
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
time / length of time / moment / period
HSK 1
at the same time; simultaneously
HSK 2
then / at that time / while
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL: 個|个, / constantly / always
HSK 3
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
HSK 6
at that time
HSK 2
class hour / period
HSK 4
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
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  *时* | 时* | *时
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
often; frequently
HSK 5
often / constantly
HSK 6
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
fast fashion
occasionally; from time to time
HSK 6
season; time
HSK 6
at the same time; meanwhile
HSK 7-9
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
HSK 6
on time / before deadline / on schedule
HSK 4
then / at that time / in those days
HSK 2
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
HSK 7-9
parallel universe
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
eight-hour working day
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
hourglass / water clock / clepsydra
now / this moment
HSK 5
when?; at what time?
at that (future) time
Time, US weekly news magazine
time interval
kilowatt-hour
for a while
speed per hour
HSK 7-9
for a moment / momentarily
first half of a game or contest
historical period
milliampere-hour (mAh)
to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
HSK 7-9
to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
HSK 7-9
to act with urgency / to buy time
instant messaging
working hours; office hours
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
temporary worker; temp / temporary work
sometimes good, sometimes bad
HSK 7-9
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
second half of a game or contest
happy time / happy hour (in bars etc)
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
to pass the time
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
at all times
out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
a possible period of want or need
parking meter
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
when
HSK 7-9
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
time machine
provisional government
immediately; suddenly
HSK 7-9
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
clock
already too late
at once / right away
in former times / the olden days
sometimes / at times
to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
fashionable
timely / apt to the occasion / in due course
HSK 7-9
time-sharing (shared use, e.g. of a holiday home) / (computing) time-sharing
(idiom) a short time; a little while
a short time / a little while
this day and age (dialect)
daily schedule / work schedule
half hour
punctual
time-lapse photography

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