| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 时 | 時 | Shí | - surname Shi |
| 时 | 時 | shí | - o'clock - time - when - hour - season - period |
| 一时 | 一時 | yīshí | - a period of time - a while - for a short while - temporary - momentary - at the same time |
| 不时 | 不時 | bùshí | - from time to time - now and then - occasionally - frequently |
| 丑时 | 丑時 | chǒushí | - 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 中时 | 中時 | ZhōngShí | - China Times (newspaper) - abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报 [Zhong1 guo2 Shi2 bao4] |
| 亥时 | 亥時 | hàishí | - 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 何时 | 何時 | héshí | - when |
| 儿时 | 兒時 | érshí | - childhood |
| 入时 | 入時 | rùshí | - fashionable |
| 分时 | 分時 | fēnshí | - time-sharing |
| 到时 | 到時 | dàoshí | - at that (future) time |
| 刹时 | 剎時 | chàshí | - in a flash - in the twinkling of an eye |
| 加时 | 加時 | jiāshí | - overtime |
| 午时 | 午時 | wǔshí | - 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 卯时 | 卯時 | mǎoshí | - 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 即时 | 即時 | jíshí | - immediate |
| 及时 | 及時 | jíshí | - in time - promptly - without delay - timely |
| 古时 | 古時 | gǔshí | - antiquity |
| 合时 | 合時 | héshí | - in fashion - suiting the time - seasonable - timely |
| 同时 | 同時 | tóngshí | - at the same time - simultaneously |
| 四时 | 四時 | sìshí | - the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 |
| 报时 | 報時 | bàoshí | - give the correct time |
| 多时 | 多時 | duōshí | - long time |
| 天时 | 天時 | tiānshí | - the time - the right time - weather conditions - destiny - course of time - heaven's natural order |
| 好时 | 好時 | Hǎoshí | - Hershey's (brand) |
| 子时 | 子時 | zǐshí | - 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 学时 | 學時 | xuéshí | - class hour - period |
| 守时 | 守時 | shǒushí | - punctual |
| 定时 | 定時 | dìngshí | - to fix a time - fixed time - timed (of explosive etc) |
| 寅时 | 寅時 | yínshí | - 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 富时 | 富時 | fùshí | - FTSE (British provider of stock exchange indices such as FTSE 100) |
| 实时 | 實時 | shíshí | - (in) real time - instantaneous |
| 小时 | 小時 | xiǎoshí | - hour - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 届时 | 屆時 | jièshí | - when the time comes - at the scheduled time |
| 工时 | 工時 | gōngshí | - man-hour |
| 巳时 | 巳時 | sìshí | - 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 常时 | 常時 | chángshí | - frequently - often - usually - regularly |
| 平时 | 平時 | píngshí | - ordinarily - in normal times - in peacetime |
| 幼时 | 幼時 | yòushí | - childhood |
| 几时 | 幾時 | jǐshí | - what time? - when? |
| 废时 | 廢時 | fèishí | - to waste time |
| 往时 | 往時 | wǎngshí | - past events - former times |
| 应时 | 應時 | yìngshí | - timely - occasional |
| 戌时 | 戌時 | xūshí | - 7-9 pm |
| 战时 | 戰時 | zhànshí | - wartime |
| 按时 | 按時 | ànshí | - on time - before deadline - on schedule |
| 授时 | 授時 | shòushí | - to broadcast a time signal |
| 旬时 | 旬時 | xúnshí | - ten days |
| 时下 | 時下 | shíxià | - at present - right now |
| 时事 | 時事 | shíshì | - current trends - the present situation - how things are going |
| 时代 | 時代 | Shídài | - Time, US weekly news magazine |
| 时代 | 時代 | shídài | - age - era - epoch - period (in one's life) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 时令 | 時令 | shílìng | - season |
| 时俗 | 時俗 | shísú | - prevalent custom of the time |
| 时候 | 時候 | shíhou | - time - length of time - moment - period |
| 时价 | 時價 | shíjià | - current price |
| 时光 | 時光 | shíguāng | - time - era - period of time |
| 时分 | 時分 | shífēn | - time - period during the day - one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 |
| 时刻 | 時刻 | shíkè | - moment - CL:個|个[ge4] - constantly - always |
| 时势 | 時勢 | shíshì | - current situation - circumstances - current trend |
| 时区 | 時區 | shíqū | - time zone |
| 时报 | 時報 | Shíbào | - "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times) |
| 时宜 | 時宜 | shíyí | - timely - at the right moment - appropriate to the occasion - opportune - to fit current fashion |
| 时尚 | 時尚 | shíshàng | - fashion - fad - fashionable |
| 时局 | 時局 | shíjú | - current political situation |
| 时差 | 時差 | shíchā | - time difference - time lag - jet lag |
| 时常 | 時常 | shícháng | - often - frequently |
| 时序 | 時序 | shíxù | - time course |
| 时弊 | 時弊 | shíbì | - ills of the day - contemporary problems |
| 时式 | 時式 | shíshì | - modern |
| 时态 | 時態 | shítài | - (verb) tense |
| 时戳 | 時戳 | shíchuō | - timestamp |
| 时政 | 時政 | shízhèng | - current politics - political situation of the time |
| 时效 | 時效 | shíxiào | - effectiveness for a given period of time - prescription (law) - aging (metallurgy) |
| 时日 | 時日 | shírì | - time - auspicious time - time and date - long period of time - this day |
| 时时 | 時時 | shíshí | - often - constantly |
| 时期 | 時期 | shíqī | - period - phase - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 时机 | 時機 | shíjī | - fortunate timing - occasion - opportunity |
| 时段 | 時段 | shíduàn | - time interval - work shift - time slot - the twelve two hour divisions of the day |
| 时程 | 時程 | shíchéng | - timetable - schedule |
| 时空 | 時空 | shíkōng | - space-time (in relativity) |
| 时节 | 時節 | shíjié | - season - time |
| 时绥 | 時綏 | shísuí | - peace all year round (old letter closing) |
| 时而 | 時而 | shíér | - occasionally - from time to time |
| 时兴 | 時興 | shíxīng | - fashionable - popular |
| 时菜 | 時菜 | shícài | - seasonal vegetable |
| 时蔬 | 時蔬 | shíshū | - seasonal vegetables |
| 时装 | 時裝 | shízhuāng | - the latest fashion in clothes - fashionable |
| 时讯 | 時訊 | shíxùn | - news - current events |
| 时辰 | 時辰 | shíchen | - time - one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day |
| 时速 | 時速 | shísù | - speed per hour |
| 时运 | 時運 | shíyùn | - circumstances - fate |
| 时针 | 時針 | shízhēn | - hand of a clock - hour hand |
| 时钟 | 時鐘 | shízhōng | - clock |
| 时间 | 時間 | shíjiān | - time - period - CL:段[duan4] |
| 时限 | 時限 | shíxiàn | - time limit |
| 时隔 | 時隔 | shígé | - separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) |
| 时雍 | 時雍 | shíyōng | - concord - harmony |
| 时髦 | 時髦 | shímáo | - in vogue - fashionable |
| 时点 | 時點 | shídiǎn | - point of time (in time-based systems) |
| 暂时 | 暫時 | zànshí | - temporary - provisional - for the time being |
| 有时 | 有時 | yǒushí | - sometimes - now and then |
| 未时 | 未時 | wèishí | - 1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 某时 | 某時 | mǒushí | - sometime |
| 权时 | 權時 | quánshí | - (literary) temporarily |
| 此时 | 此時 | cǐshí | - now - this moment |
| 岁时 | 歲時 | suìshí | - season - time of the year |
| 历时 | 歷時 | lìshí | - to last - to take (time) - period |
| 准时 | 準時 | zhǔnshí | - on time - punctual - on schedule |
| 为时 | 為時 | wéishí | - timewise - pertaining to time |
| 片时 | 片時 | piànshí | - a short time - a moment |
| 现时 | 現時 | xiànshí | - current |
| 申时 | 申時 | shēnshí | - 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 当时 | 當時 | dāngshí | - then - at that time - while |
| 登时 | 登時 | dēngshí | - immediately - at once |
| 眼时 | 眼時 | yǎnshí | - at present - nowadays |
| 瞬时 | 瞬時 | shùnshí | - instantaneous |
| 立时 | 立時 | lìshí | - right away - quickly - immediately |
| 纽时 | 紐時 | NiǔShí | - New York Times, abbr. for 紐約時報|纽约时报[Niu3 Yue1 Shi2 bao4] |
| 耗时 | 耗時 | hàoshí | - time-consuming - to take a period of (x amount of time) |
| 临时 | 臨時 | línshí | - at the instant sth happens - temporary - interim - ad hoc |
| 旧时 | 舊時 | jiùshí | - in former times - the olden days |
| 计时 | 計時 | jìshí | - to measure time - to time - to reckon by time |
| 课时 | 課時 | kèshí | - class - period |
| 贯时 | 貫時 | guànshí | - diachronic |
| 费时 | 費時 | fèishí | - to take time - time-consuming |
| 趋时 | 趨時 | qūshí | - to follow fashion |
| 辰时 | 辰時 | chénshí | - 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 这时 | 這時 | zhèshí | - at this time - at this moment |
| 过时 | 過時 | guòshí | - old-fashioned - out of date - to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon |
| 适时 | 適時 | shìshí | - timely - apt to the occasion - in due course |
| 那时 | 那時 | nàshí | - then - at that time - in those days |
| 酉时 | 酉時 | yǒushí | - 5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 随时 | 隨時 | suíshí | - at any time - at all times - at the right time |
| 零时 | 零時 | língshí | - midnight - zero hour |
| 霎时 | 霎時 | shàshí | - in a split second |
| 顿时 | 頓時 | dùnshí | - immediately - suddenly |
| 一时间 | 一時間 | yīshíjiān | - for a moment - momentarily |
| 一霎时 | 一霎時 | yīshàshí | - in an instant |
| 事发时 | 事發時 | shìfāshí | - the time of the incident |
| 保时捷 | 保時捷 | Bǎoshíjié | - Porsche (car company) |
| 倒计时 | 倒計時 | dàojìshí | - to count down - countdown |
| 公里时 | 公里時 | gōnglǐshí | - kilometer per hour |
| 到时候 | 到時候 | dàoshíhòu | - when the moment comes - at that time |
| 划时代 | 劃時代 | huàshídài | - epoch-marking |
| 半小时 | 半小時 | bànxiǎoshí | - half hour |
| 及时性 | 及時性 | jíshíxìng | - timeliness - promptness |
| 及时雨 | 及時雨 | jíshíyǔ | - timely rain - (fig.) timely assistance |
| 反应时 | 反應時 | fǎnyīngshí | - response time |
| 反时势 | 反時勢 | fǎnshíshì | - unconventional |
| 反时针 | 反時針 | fǎnshízhēn | - counterclockwise |
| 古时候 | 古時候 | gǔshíhou | - in ancient times - in olden days |
| 合时宜 | 合時宜 | héshíyí | - timely - at the right moment - appropriate to the occasion - opportune - to fit current fashion |
| 同时代 | 同時代 | tóngshídài | - contemporary |
| 同时期 | 同時期 | tóngshíqī | - at the same time - contemporary |
| 夏令时 | 夏令時 | xiàlìngshí | - daylight saving time |
| 夏时制 | 夏時制 | xiàshízhì | - daylight saving time |
| 完成时 | 完成時 | wánchéngshí | - perfect tense (grammar) |
| 定时钟 | 定時鐘 | dìngshízhōng | - timer - timing clock - alarm clock |
| 小时候 | 小時候 | xiǎoshíhou | - in one's childhood |
| 小时工 | 小時工 | xiǎoshígōng | - hourly worker - hourly job |
| 很多时 | 很多時 | hěnduōshí | - often |
| 抽时间 | 抽時間 | chōushíjiān | - to (try to) find the time to |
| 挨时间 | 挨時間 | áishíjiān | - to stall - to play for time |
| 数小时 | 數小時 | shùxiǎoshí | - several hours |
| 新时代 | 新時代 | xīnshídài | - new age |
| 时不时 | 時不時 | shíbùshí | - from time to time |
| 时刻表 | 時刻表 | shíkèbiǎo | - timetable - schedule |
| 时炸弹 | 時炸彈 | shízhàdàn | - time bomb |
| 时装业 | 時裝業 | shízhuāngyè | - fashion industry |
| 时装鞋 | 時裝鞋 | shízhuāngxié | - dress shoes |
| 时钟座 | 時鐘座 | Shízhōngzuò | - Horologium (constellation) |
| 时间戳 | 時間戳 | shíjiānchuō | - timestamp |
| 时间线 | 時間線 | shíjiānxiàn | - timeline |
| 时间表 | 時間表 | shíjiānbiǎo | - schedule - timetable |
| 时间轴 | 時間軸 | shíjiānzhóu | - time axis - timeline |
| 有时候 | 有時候 | yǒushíhou | - sometimes |
| 朔时空 | 朔時空 | shuòshíkōng | - early universe |
| 李时珍 | 李時珍 | LǐShízhēn | - Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4] |
| 标准时 | 標準時 | biāozhǔnshí | - standard time |
| 正当时 | 正當時 | zhèngdāngshí | - the right time for sth - the right season (for planting cabbage) |
| 比利时 | 比利時 | Bǐlìshí | - Belgium |
| 发稿时 | 發稿時 | fāgǎoshí | - time of publication - at the time of going to press |
| 短时间 | 短時間 | duǎnshíjiān | - short term - short time |
| 稍早时 | 稍早時 | shāozǎoshí | - a little earlier |
| 临时工 | 臨時工 | línshígōng | - day laborer - temporary work |
| 旧时代 | 舊時代 | jiùshídài | - former times - the olden days |
| 花时间 | 花時間 | huāshíjiān | - to take up time - to spend time |
| 计时器 | 計時器 | jìshíqì | - timer - chronograph - timepiece - clock - timekeeping device (sundial, water clock) |
| 计时法 | 計時法 | jìshífǎ | - time reckoning |
| 计时赛 | 計時賽 | jìshísài | - time trial (e.g. in cycle race) - timed race - competition against the clock |
| 识时务 | 識時務 | shíshíwù | - to have a clear view of things - to adapt to circumstances |
| 赶时髦 | 趕時髦 | gǎnshímáo | - to keep up with the latest fashion |
| 逆时针 | 逆時針 | nìshízhēn | - anticlockwise - counterclockwise |
| 运行时 | 運行時 | yùnxíngshí | - run-time (in computing) |
| 过去时 | 過去時 | guòqùshí | - past tense (grammar) |
| 那时候 | 那時候 | nàshíhou | - at that time |
| 限时信 | 限時信 | xiànshíxìn | - mail to be delivered by a specified time |
| 霎时间 | 霎時間 | shàshíjiān | - in a split second |
| 顺时针 | 順時針 | shùnshízhēn | - clockwise |
| 一时半刻 | 一時半刻 | yīshíbànkè | - a short time - a little while |
| 一时半晌 | 一時半晌 | yīshíbànshǎng | - a short time - a little while |
| 一时半会 | 一時半會 | yīshíbànhuì | - a short time - a little while |
| 一时半霎 | 一時半霎 | yīshíbànshà | - a short time - a little while |
| 一时瑜亮 | 一時瑜亮 | yīshíYúLiàng | - two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]) |
| 上班时间 | 上班時間 | shàngbānshíjiān | - time of going to work - the morning rush hour |
| 不入时宜 | 不入時宜 | bùrùshíyí | - untimely - premature - inopportune - ill-timed - out of fashion - behind the times |
| 不合时宜 | 不合時宜 | bùhéshíyí | - untimely - premature - inopportune - ill-timed - out of fashion - behind the times |
| 不失时机 | 不失時機 | bùshīshíjī | - to seize the opportune moment - to lose no time |
| 不时之需 | 不時之需 | bùshízhīxū | - a possible period of want or need |
| 不识时务 | 不識時務 | bùshíshíwù | - to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances - not amenable to reason |
| 不识时变 | 不識時變 | bùshíshíbiàn | - to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances - not amenable to reason |
| 不违农时 | 不違農時 | bùwéinóngshí | - not miss the farming season - do farm work in the right season |
| 中国时报 | 中國時報 | ZhōngguóShíbào | - China Times (newspaper) |
| 京华时报 | 京華時報 | JīnghuáShíbào | - Beijing Times (newspaper) |
| 什么时候 | 什麼時候 | shénmeshíhou | - when? - at what time? |
| 今时今日 | 今時今日 | jīnshíjīnrì | - this day and age (dialect) |
| 作息时间 | 作息時間 | zuòxīshíjiān | - daily schedule - daily routine |
| 俗随时变 | 俗隨時變 | súsuíshíbiàn | - customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners - O Tempora, O Mores! |
| 信息时代 | 信息時代 | xìnxīshídài | - information age |
| 全时工作 | 全時工作 | quánshígōngzuò | - full time work |
| 六朝时代 | 六朝時代 | LiùCháoShídài | - the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang |
| 冰河时期 | 冰河時期 | bīnghéshíqī | - ice age |
| 分时多工 | 分時多工 | fēnshíduōgōng | - time division multiplexing - TDM |
| 切中时弊 | 切中時弊 | qièzhòngshíbì | - to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target - to hit the nub of the matter |
| 切中时病 | 切中時病 | qièzhòngshíbìng | - to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home - to hit the nail on the head (in an argument) |
| 刘宋时代 | 劉宋時代 | LiúSòngShídài | - Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
| 加工时序 | 加工時序 | jiāgōngshíxù | - time course |
| 北京时间 | 北京時間 | BěijīngShíjiān | - Chinese Standard Time |
| 十二时辰 | 十二時辰 | shíèrshíchen | - twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy |
| 印度时报 | 印度時報 | YìndùShíbào | - India Times |
| 即时即地 | 即時即地 | jíshíjídì | - moment-to-moment |
| 即时通讯 | 即時通訊 | jíshítōngxùn | - instant messaging (IM) - instant message |
| 及时处理 | 及時處理 | jíshíchǔlǐ | - timely handling - a stitch in time |
| 及时行乐 | 及時行樂 | jíshíxínglè | - to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future - make merry while you can - carpe diem |
| 反应时间 | 反應時間 | fǎnyīngshíjiān | - response time (technology) |
| 合于时宜 | 合于時宜 | héyúshíyí | - timely - at the right moment - appropriate to the occasion - opportune - to fit current fashion |
| 名噪一时 | 名噪一時 | míngzàoyīshí | - to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity |
| 哄动一时 | 哄動一時 | hōngdòngyīshí | - variant of 轟動一時|轰动一时[hong1 dong4 yi1 shi2] |
| 四维时空 | 四維時空 | sìwéishíkōng | - four dimensional space-time (in relativity) |
| 因时制宜 | 因時制宜 | yīnshízhìyí | - (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation |
| 在位时代 | 在位時代 | zàiwèishídài | - reign (of a king, emperor etc) |
| 奈良时代 | 奈良時代 | NàiliángShídài | - Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history |
| 学分小时 | 學分小時 | xuéfēnxiǎoshí | - credit hour (in an academic credit system) - see also 學分制|学分制[xue2 fen1 zhi4] |
| 安培小时 | 安培小時 | ānpéixiǎoshí | - ampere-hour (Ah) |
| 定时信管 | 定時信管 | dìngshíxìnguǎn | - timed detonator |
| 定时摄影 | 定時攝影 | dìngshíshèyǐng | - time-lapse photography |
| 定时炸弹 | 定時炸彈 | dìngshízhàdàn | - time bomb |
| 审度时势 | 審度時勢 | shěnduóshíshì | - to examine and judge the situation |
| 审时度势 | 審時度勢 | shěnshíduóshì | - to judge the hour and size up the situation - to take stock |
| 封建时代 | 封建時代 | fēngjiànshídài | - feudal times |
| 小时候儿 | 小時候兒 | xiǎoshíhour | - erhua variant of 小時候|小时候[xiao3 shi2 hou5] |
| 就寝时间 | 就寢時間 | jiùqǐnshíjiān | - bedtime |
| 工作时间 | 工作時間 | gōngzuòshíjiān | - working hours |
| 平安时代 | 平安時代 | PíngānShídài | - Heian Period (794-1192), period of Japanese history ruled by Kyoto imperial court |
| 延时摄影 | 延時攝影 | yánshíshèyǐng | - time-lapse photography |
| 复兴时代 | 復興時代 | FùxīngShídài | - the Renaissance |
| 应天顺时 | 應天順時 | yìngtiānshùnshí | - lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven - the Divine Right of kings |
| 战国时代 | 戰國時代 | ZhànguóShídài | - the Warring States period (475-221 BC) - Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century) |
| 打发时间 | 打發時間 | dǎfāshíjiān | - to pass the time |
| 抓紧时间 | 抓緊時間 | zhuājǐnshíjiān | - to snatch time - to rush - to hurry (up) - to seize the moment |
| 拖延时间 | 拖延時間 | tuōyánshíjiān | - to procrastinate - to stall for time - to filibuster |
| 持续时间 | 持續時間 | chíxùshíjiān | - duration |
| 数字时钟 | 數字時鐘 | shùzìshízhōng | - digital clock |
| 日据时代 | 日據時代 | Rìjùshídài | - the era of Japanese occupation |
| 日治时期 | 日治時期 | Rìzhìshíqī | - the period of Japanese rule |
| 春秋时代 | 春秋時代 | ChūnqiūShídài | - Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) |
| 时不再来 | 時不再來 | shíbùzàilái | - Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom) |
| 时不我待 | 時不我待 | shíbùwǒdài | - time and tide wait for no man (idiom) |
| 时乖命蹇 | 時乖命蹇 | shíguāimìngjiǎn | - bad times, adverse fate (idiom) |
| 时代广场 | 時代廣場 | ShídàiGuǎngchǎng | - Times Square |
| 时代华纳 | 時代華納 | ShídàiHuánà | - Time Warner Inc., US media company |
| 时来运转 | 時來運轉 | shíláiyùnzhuǎn | - the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break - things change for the better |
| 时刻准备 | 時刻準備 | shíkèzhǔnbèi | - ready at any moment |
| 时大时小 | 時大時小 | shídàshíxiǎo | - sometimes big, sometimes small - varying |
| 时好时坏 | 時好時壞 | shíhǎoshíhuài | - sometimes good, sometimes bad |
| 时写时辍 | 時寫時輟 | shíxiěshíchuò | - to write for a bit then give up - to write in fits and starts |
| 时断时续 | 時斷時續 | shíduànshíxù | - stopping and starting - intermittent - sporadic - on and off |
| 时日无多 | 時日無多 | shírìwúduō | - time is limited (idiom) |
| 时时刻刻 | 時時刻刻 | shíshíkèkè | - at all times |
| 时有所闻 | 時有所聞 | shíyǒusuǒwén | - heard from time to time - one keeps hearing that... |
| 时段分析 | 時段分析 | shíduànfēnxī | - time interval analysis |
| 时空旅行 | 時空旅行 | shíkōnglǚxíng | - time travel |
| 时空穿梭 | 時空穿梭 | shíkōngchuānsuō | - a time machine |
| 时至今日 | 時至今日 | shízhìjīnrì | - lit. the time up to today (idiom); up to the present - even now |
| 时装表演 | 時裝表演 | shízhuāngbiǎoyǎn | - fashion show |
| 时辰未到 | 時辰未到 | shíchenwèidào | - the time has not yet come |
| 时运不济 | 時運不濟 | shíyùnbùjì | - fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good |
| 时运亨通 | 時運亨通 | shíyùnhēngtōng | - our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom) |
| 时过境迁 | 時過境遷 | shíguòjìngqiān | - things change with the passage of time (idiom) |
| 时间区间 | 時間區間 | shíjiānqūjiān | - time interval |
| 时间序列 | 時間序列 | shíjiānxùliè | - time series (stats.) |
| 时间简史 | 時間簡史 | Shíjiānjiǎnshǐ | - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking |
| 时间进程 | 時間進程 | shíjiānjìnchéng | - time course |
| 时隐时现 | 時隱時現 | shíyǐnshíxiàn | - appearing and disappearing (idiom) - intermittently visible |
| 时显时隐 | 時顯時隱 | shíxiǎnshíyǐn | - appearing and disappearing - intermittently visible |
| 晴时多云 | 晴時多雲 | qíngshíduōyún | - partly cloudy (meteorology) |
| 旷时摄影 | 曠時攝影 | kuàngshíshèyǐng | - time-lapse photography |
| 曾几何时 | 曾幾何時 | céngjǐhéshí | - just a while before - not so long ago - everyone can remember when.. |
| 有的时候 | 有的時候 | yǒudeshíhòu | - sometimes - at times |
| 东部时间 | 東部時間 | dōngbùshíjiān | - Eastern Standard Time (EST) |
| 极盛时期 | 極盛時期 | jíshèngshíqī | - most flourishing period - Golden Age |
| 款语移时 | 款語移時 | kuǎnyǔyíshí | - to talk slowly and in depth (idiom) |
| 欢乐时光 | 歡樂時光 | huānlèshíguāng | - happy time - happy hour (in bars etc) |
| 此时以前 | 此時以前 | cǐshíyǐqián | - heretofore |
| 此时此刻 | 此時此刻 | cǐshícǐkè | - at this very moment |
| 此时此地 | 此時此地 | cǐshícǐdì | - here and now - as things stand |
| 历史时期 | 歷史時期 | lìshǐshíqī | - historical period |
| 每时每刻 | 每時每刻 | měishíměikè | - at all times - at every moment |
| 每时每日 | 每時每日 | měishíměirì | - every day and every hour - hourly and daily (idiom) |
| 海峡时报 | 海峽時報 | HǎixiáShíbào | - The Straits Times |
| 消磨时间 | 消磨時間 | xiāomóshíjiān | - to kill time |
| 为时不晚 | 為時不晚 | wéishíbùwǎn | - it is not too late (idiom) |
| 为时已晚 | 為時已晚 | wéishíyǐwǎn | - already too late |
| 为时未晚 | 為時未晚 | wéishíwèiwǎn | - it is not too late (idiom) |
| 为时过早 | 為時過早 | wéishíguòzǎo | - premature - too soon |
| 烜赫一时 | 烜赫一時 | xuǎnhèyīshí | - to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power |
| 无时无刻 | 無時無刻 | wúshíwúkè | - all the time - incessantly |
| 无论何时 | 無論何時 | wúlùnhéshí | - whenever |
| 营业时候 | 營業時候 | yíngyèshíhou | - opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant) |
| 营业时间 | 營業時間 | yíngyèshíjiān | - time of business - opening hours (of shop) - working time |
| 独出一时 | 獨出一時 | dúchūyīshí | - incomparable - head and shoulders above the competition |
| 环球时报 | 環球時報 | HuánqiúShíbào | - Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]) |
| 什么时候 | 甚麼時候 | shénmeshíhou | - when? - at what time? |
| 生不逢时 | 生不逢時 | shēngbùféngshí | - born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) - born under an unlucky star - ahead of his time |
| 用餐时间 | 用餐時間 | yòngcānshíjiān | - meal times |
| 当地时间 | 當地時間 | dāngdìshíjiān | - local time |
| 痛砭时弊 | 痛砭時弊 | tòngbiānshíbì | - to strongly criticize the evils of the day |
| 盛极一时 | 盛極一時 | shèngjíyīshí | - all the rage for a time - grand fashion for a limited time |
| 瞬时辐射 | 瞬時輻射 | shùnshífúshè | - prompt radiation |
| 短时储存 | 短時儲存 | duǎnshíchǔcún | - short-term storage - store |
| 石器时代 | 石器時代 | ShíqìShídài | - Stone Age |
| 第一时间 | 第一時間 | dìyīshíjiān | - in the first moments (of sth happening) - immediately (after an event) - first thing |
| 纽约时报 | 紐約時報 | NiǔyuēShíbào | - New York Times (newspaper) |
| 缩时摄影 | 縮時攝影 | suōshíshèyǐng | - time-lapse photography |
| 美东时间 | 美東時間 | Měidōngshíjiān | - USA Eastern Standard Time |
| 耗时耗力 | 耗時耗力 | hàoshíhàolì | - requiring much time and effort |
| 临时分居 | 臨時分居 | línshífēnjū | - trial separation |
| 临时政府 | 臨時政府 | línshízhèngfǔ | - provisional government |
| 临时贷款 | 臨時貸款 | línshídàikuǎn | - bridging loan |
| 与时俱进 | 與時俱進 | yǔshíjūjìn | - abreast of modern developments - to keep up with the times - progressive - timely |
| 与时消息 | 與時消息 | yǔshíxiāoxi | - variable with the times - transient - impermanent |
| 与此同时 | 與此同時 | yǔcǐtóngshí | - at the same time - meanwhile |
| 茶点时间 | 茶點時間 | chádiǎnshíjiān | - tea break - tea and dimsun 點心|点心, traditional Hong Kong lunch |
| 藏器待时 | 藏器待時 | cángqìdàishí | - to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment |
| 计时工资 | 計時工資 | jìshígōngzī | - time rate wage - remuneration based on one's time and skill - opposite: piece rate wage 計件工資|计件工资[ji4 jian4 gong1 zi1] |
| 计时收费 | 計時收費 | jìshíshōufèi | - time charge |
| 计时比赛 | 計時比賽 | jìshíbǐsài | - time trial (e.g. in cycle race) - timed race - competition against the clock |
| 计时测验 | 計時測驗 | jìshícèyàn | - time trial |
| 计时炸弹 | 計時炸彈 | jìshízhàdàn | - time bomb |
| 识时通变 | 識時通變 | shíshítōngbiàn | - understanding and adaptable |
| 识时达务 | 識時達務 | shíshídáwù | - understanding - to know what's up |
| 轰动一时 | 轟動一時 | hōngdòngyīshí | - to cause a sensation (idiom) |
| 办公时间 | 辦公時間 | bàngōngshíjiān | - office hours |
| 追诉时效 | 追訴時效 | zhuīsùshíxiào | - period during which one can prosecute or sue sb - within the statute of limitation |
| 过时不候 | 過時不候 | guòshíbùhòu | - being late is not acceptable (idiom) |
| 过渡时期 | 過渡時期 | guòdùshíqī | - transition |
| 违时绝俗 | 違時絕俗 | wéishíjuésú | - to defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions |
| 酉牌时分 | 酉牌時分 | yǒupáishífēn | - 5-7 pm |
| 金融时报 | 金融時報 | JīnróngShíbào | - Financial Times |
| 销售时点 | 銷售時點 | xiāoshòushídiǎn | - point of sale |
| 阅读时间 | 閱讀時間 | yuèdúshíjiān | - viewing time |
| 随时待命 | 隨時待命 | suíshídàimìng | - on call - always available - ready at all times |
| 随时随地 | 隨時隨地 | suíshísuídì | - anytime and anywhere |
| 随机时间 | 隨機時間 | suíjīshíjiān | - random period of time - random interval |
| 响应时间 | 響應時間 | xiǎngyìngshíjiān | - response time |
| 顺应天时 | 順應天時 | shùnyìngtiānshí | - going with nature and the seasons (TCM) |
| 风行一时 | 風行一時 | fēngxíngyīshí | - to be popular for a while - to be all the rage for a time |
| 风靡一时 | 風靡一時 | fēngmǐyīshí | - fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage |
| 飞鸟时代 | 飛鳥時代 | FēiniǎoShídài | - Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD) |
| 驻留时间 | 駐留時間 | zhùliúshíjiān | - gaze duration |
| 闹铃时钟 | 鬧鈴時鐘 | nàolíngshízhōng | - alarm clock |
| 黄金时代 | 黃金時代 | huángjīnshídài | - golden age |
| 黄金时段 | 黃金時段 | huángjīnshíduàn | - prime time |
| 黎明时分 | 黎明時分 | límíngshífèn | - daybreak - at the crack of dawn |
| 黑暗时代 | 黑暗時代 | HēiànShídài | - Dark Ages |
| 鼎盛时期 | 鼎盛時期 | dǐngshèngshíqī | - flourishing period - golden age |
| 一时半会儿 | 一時半會兒 | yīshíbànhuìr | - a short time - a little while |
| 上下班时间 | 上下班時間 | shàngxiàbānshíjiān | - rush hour |
| 中石器时代 | 中石器時代 | ZhōngshíqìShídài | - Mesolithic Era |
| 作息时间表 | 作息時間表 | zuòxīshíjiānbiǎo | - daily schedule - work schedule |
| 停车计时器 | 停車計時器 | tíngchējìshíqì | - parking meter |
| 到那个时候 | 到那個時候 | dàonàgèshíhòu | - until this moment |
| 协调世界时 | 協調世界時 | xiétiáoshìjièshí | - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
| 大纪元时报 | 大紀元時報 | DàJìyuánshíbào | - Epoch Times, US newspaper |
| 按时间先后 | 按時間先後 | ànshíjiānxiānhòu | - chronological |
| 放射性计时 | 放射性計時 | fàngshèxìngjìshí | - radiometric dating |
| 新海峡时报 | 新海峽時報 | XīnHǎixiáShíbào | - New Strait Times (newspaper) |
| 新石器时代 | 新石器時代 | XīnshíqìShídài | - Neolithic Era |
| 日光节约时 | 日光節約時 | rìguāngjiéyuēshí | - daylight saving time |
| 时势造英雄 | 時勢造英雄 | shíshìzàoyīngxióng | - Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. |
| 时装设计师 | 時裝設計師 | shízhuāngshèjìshī | - fashion designer |
| 时间测定学 | 時間測定學 | shíjiāncèdìngxué | - chronometry |
| 洛杉矶时报 | 洛杉磯時報 | LuòshānjīShíbào | - Los Angeles Times |
| 减压时间表 | 減壓時間表 | jiǎnyāshíjiānbiǎo | - decompression schedule (diving) - also called 減壓程序|减压程序[jian3 ya1 cheng2 xu4] |
| 滴漏计时器 | 滴漏計時器 | dīlòujìshíqì | - hourglass - water clock - clepsydra |
| 煮蛋计时器 | 煮蛋計時器 | zhǔdànjìshíqì | - egg timer |
| 临时抱佛脚 | 臨時抱佛腳 | línshíbàofójiǎo | - lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble - doing things at the last minute - making a hasty last-minute effort |
| 与时间赛跑 | 與時間賽跑 | yǔshíjiānsàipǎo | - to race against time |
| 旧石器时代 | 舊石器時代 | JiùshíqìShídài | - Paleolithic Era |
| 华盛顿时报 | 華盛頓時報 | HuáshèngdùnShíbào | - Washington Times (newspaper) |
| 运行时错误 | 運行時錯誤 | yùnxíngshícuòwù | - run-time error (in computing) |
| 青铜器时代 | 青銅器時代 | QīngtóngqìShídài | - the Bronze Age - also written 青銅時代|青铜时代[Qing1 tong2 Shi2 dai4] |
| 八小时工作制 | 八小時工作制 | bāxiǎoshígōngzuòzhì | - eight-hour working day |
| 天时地利人和 | 天時地利人和 | tiānshídìlìrénhé | - the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war |
| 彼一时此一时 | 彼一時此一時 | bǐyīshícǐyīshí | - that was one thing, and this is another - times have changed |
| 春秋战国时代 | 春秋戰國時代 | ChūnqiūZhànguóShídài | - the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods - Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) |
| 短时语音记忆 | 短時語音記憶 | duǎnshíyǔyīnjìyì | - short-term phonological memory |
| 金融时报指数 | 金融時報指數 | JīnróngShíbàozhǐshù | - Financial Times stock exchange index (FTSE 100 or footsie) |
| 首次注视时间 | 首次注視時間 | shǒucìzhùshìshíjiān | - first fixation duration |
| 冤冤相报何时了 | 冤冤相報何時了 | yuānyuānxiāngbàohéshíliǎo | - if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying) |
| 说时迟，那时快 | 說時遲，那時快 | shuōshíchí,nàshíkuài | - (idiom) no sooner said than done - before you know it |
| 识时务者为俊杰 | 識時務者為俊傑 | shíshíwùzhěwèijùnjié | - Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances. |
| 格林威治标准时间 | 格林威治標準時間 | GélínwēizhìBiāozhǔnshíjiān | - Greenwich Mean Time - GMT |
| 格林尼治标准时间 | 格林尼治標準時間 | GélínnízhìBiāozhǔnshíjiān | - Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) |
| 销售时点情报系统 | 銷售時點情報系統 | xiāoshòushídiǎnqíngbàoxìtǒng | - point of sale system |
| 及时处理，事半功倍 | 及時處理，事半功倍 | jíshíchǔlǐ,shìbàngōngbèi | - timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort - the right approach saves effort and leads to better results - a stitch in time saves nine |
| 小时了了，大未必佳 | 小時了了，大未必佳 | xiǎoshíliǎoliǎo,dàwèibìjiā | - being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb) |
| 时代不同，风尚不同 | 時代不同，風尚不同 | shídàibùtóng,fēngshàngbùtóng | - customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners - O Tempora, O Mores! |
| 机不可失，时不再来 | 機不可失，時不再來 | jībùkěshī,shíbùzàilái | - Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom) |
| 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | 聰明一世，懵懂一時 | cóngmingyīshì,měngdǒngyīshí | - see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong2 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] |
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | 聰明一世，糊塗一時 | cóngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí | - even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom) - every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| 养兵千日，用兵一时 | 養兵千日，用兵一時 | yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngbīngyīshí | - lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
| 养兵千日，用在一时 | 養兵千日，用在一時 | yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngzàiyīshí | - see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2] |
| 在家千日好，出门一时难 | 在家千日好，出門一時難 | zàijiāqiānrìhǎo,chūményīshínán | - 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 |
| 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 | 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 | píngshíbùshāoxiāng,línshíbàofójiǎo | - lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble - doing things at the last minute - to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams) |
| 临时澳门市政执行委员会 | 臨時澳門市政執行委員會 | línshíÀoménshìzhèngzhíxíngwěiyuánhuì | - Provisional Municipal Council of Macau - Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória |
| 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到 | 善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到 | shànyǒushànbào,èyǒuèbào,ruòránbùbàoshíchénwèidào | - Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time |
| 无一事而不学，无一时而不学，无一处而不得 | 無一事而不學，無一時而不學，無一處而不得 | wúyīshìérbùxué,wúyīshíérbùxué,wúyīchǔérbùdé | - Study everything, at all times, everywhere (Zhu Xi 朱熹) |
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