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HSK
time / length of time / moment / period
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
sometimes
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
then / at that time / while
HSK 2
at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
then / at that time / in those days
HSK 2
at the same time; simultaneously
HSK 2
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
at that time
HSK 2
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  *時* | 時* | *時
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL: 個|个, / constantly / always
HSK 3
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  *旹* | 旹* | *旹
old variant of 時|时
HSK 3
on time / punctual / on schedule
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
class hour / period
HSK 4
now / this moment
HSK 5
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
often; frequently
HSK 5
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
often / constantly
HSK 6
season; time
HSK 6
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
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
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
schedule / timetable
HSK 7-9
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
at the same time; meanwhile
HSK 7-9
when
HSK 7-9
timely / apt to the occasion / in due course
HSK 7-9
speed per hour
HSK 7-9
immediately; suddenly
HSK 7-9
from time to time
HSK 7-9
to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
HSK 7-9
in vogue / fashionable
HSK 7-9
to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
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
separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
HSK 7-9
abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
HSK 7-9
anytime and anywhere
HSK 7-9
sometimes good, sometimes bad
HSK 7-9
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
HSK 7-9
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
ice age
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *時* | 時* | *時
surname Shi
on call / always available / ready at all times
11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
wartime
that was one thing, and this is another / times have changed
timetable / schedule
Time, US weekly news magazine
in fashion / suiting the time / seasonable / timely
random period of time / random interval
9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
time travel
immediate
to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time
at once / right away
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
to be in a hurry
business hours; opening hours; office hours
dress shoes
timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription; limitation / (metallurgy) aging
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
time zone
(in) real time / instantaneous
golden age
man-hour
current
current price
Belgium
for a moment / momentarily
time limit
new age
clock
temporary caregiver; babysitter
timer
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
at all times / at every moment
to exceed the time limit / (to work) overtime / (computing) timeout
at what time?; when?

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