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HSK
time / length of time / moment / period
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
sometimes
HSK 1
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary
HSK 2
then / at that time / while
HSK 2
then / at that time / in those days
HSK 2
at the same time; simultaneously
HSK 2
at that time
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL: 個|个, / constantly / always
HSK 3
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  *时* | 时* | *时
old variant of 時|时
HSK 3
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  *时* | 时* | *时
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
class hour / period
HSK 4
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
on time / before deadline / on schedule
HSK 4
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
often; frequently
HSK 5
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
now / this moment
HSK 5
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
HSK 6
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
often / constantly
HSK 6
occasionally; from time to time
HSK 6
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
HSK 6
season; time
HSK 6
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
immediately; suddenly
HSK 7-9
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
from time to time
HSK 7-9
timely / apt to the occasion / in due course
HSK 7-9
when
HSK 7-9
anytime and anywhere
HSK 7-9
speed per hour
HSK 7-9
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
HSK 7-9
abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
HSK 7-9
in vogue / fashionable
HSK 7-9
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
HSK 7-9
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
schedule / timetable
HSK 7-9
sometimes good, sometimes bad
HSK 7-9
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
HSK 7-9
to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
HSK 7-9
(in) real time / instantaneous
Financial Times
Time, US weekly news magazine
Porsche (car company)
fashion show
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
clock
to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time
timing (of a signal or sequence) / time course
Time Warner Inc., US media company
time zone
hand of a clock / hour hand
instantaneous
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
point of time (in time-based systems)
two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜 and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
time-sharing
antiquity
at once / right away
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
wartime
immediate
class / period
to exceed the time limit / (to work) overtime / (computing) timeout
golden age
long time
past tense (grammar)
current politics / political situation of the time
time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
at present / right now
time limit
(verb) tense
to take time / time-consuming
7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
circumstances / fate
1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
Belgium
current
a short time / a moment
to broadcast a time signal
out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
at all times / at every moment
fashionable

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