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HSK
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
sometimes / now and then
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
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
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
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
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
often / constantly
HSK 6
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
HSK 6
immediately; suddenly
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
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
HSK 7-9
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
at the same time; meanwhile
HSK 7-9
to count down / countdown
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
fashionable
(in) real time / instantaneous
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
instantaneous
time-sharing
antiquity
at once / right away
wartime
immediate
class / period
to exceed the time limit / (to work) overtime / (computing) timeout
long time
past tense (grammar)
to take time / time-consuming
7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时) injury time
Belgium
current
a short time / a moment
in former times / the olden days
(literary) temporarily
11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
man-hour
childhood
just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
immediately / at once
at that (future) time
5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
timewise / pertaining to time
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
tremendously popular for a while
(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time
9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
punctual
all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time
in a split second
outdated / out of luck
in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
to cause a sensation (idiom)
past events / former times
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
to follow fashion
not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season
(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power
season / time of the year
to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) (abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报)
to waste time
kilowatt-hour
timing (of an engine)
(computing) runtime
half hour
perfect tense (grammar)
sometime
diachronic
FTSE (British provider of stock exchange indices such as FTSE 100)
the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage)
midnight / zero hour
3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
first half of a game or contest
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
ampere-hour (Ah)

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