sh o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues

of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope /

Taiwan pr. [qi2]
sh hou

time / length of time / moment / period

sh jin

time / period / CL: / [duan4]

j ji time / season / period / CL: / | / [ge4]

q jin

period of time / time / time period / period / CL:

/ | / [ge4]
su yu

years / time

sh gung time / era / period of time

tng sh

at the same time / simultaneously

m qin

at the present time / currently

y xi

(used after a verb) give it a go / to do (sth for a

bit to give it a try) / one time / once / in a while / all of a sudden / all at
once
y c first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one)
dng sh

then / at that time / while

 xi lai

to come down / (after verb of motion, indicates

motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from
the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a
period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
rn shng life (one's time on earth)
chng q

long term / long time / long range (of a

forecast)
zi c

one more time / again / one more / once again

j sh in time / promptly / without delay / timely

zh sh

at this time / at this moment

y zhn

a burst / a fit / a peal / a spell (period of time)

zn sh

temporary / provisional / for the time being

mi c

every time

ki xn

to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great

time / to make fun of sb

su sh

at any time / at all times / at the right time

shu c

first / first time / for the first time

y dn

in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens,

then...) / when / in a short time / in one day

 dng nin in those days / then / in those years / during

that time
hung jn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
c c this time

shn me sh houwhen? / at what time?

jn q near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent

y sh

a period of time / a while / for a short while /

temporary / momentary / at the same time

zo y

long ago / for a long time

t qin

to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of

time / in advance
n sh

then / at that time / in those days

shng c

last time

f ch

to pay / to invest (energy or time in a

friendship etc)
zo ji

already at an earlier time

zhng ho just (in time) / just right / just enough / to

happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
dng ch at that time / originally
q xin

time limit / deadline / allotted time

 z cng

since (a time) / ever since

d r c

the second time / second / number two

y bin

one time (all the way through) / once through

zi d

once more / once again / one more time

dng do to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready

etc)
xi c

next time
sh jin niwithin (a period of time)

bn tin

half of the day / a long time / quite a while /

midair / CL: / | / [ge4]

yu dng

to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude

a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an

appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement /
a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding /
enga
y xing

always (previously) / a period of time in the

recent past
sh sh

(in) real time / instantaneous

sh kng

space-time (in relativity)

 zh j during / at the time of

tng q

the corresponding time period (in a different

year etc) / concurrent / synchronous

r xu

to enter a school or college / to go to school

for the first time as a child

f q to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an
initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
d gng

to work a temporary or casual job / (of

students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation

cng qin previously / formerly / once upon a time

li bu j

there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's

too late (to do sth)

y c xng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use /

disposable (goods)
pin k

short period of time / a moment

n sh hou at that time

yu y c

b sh

once / once upon a time

from time to time / now and then / occasionally

/ frequently
y d for a time / at one time / one time / once

 d gu

to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get

through
yu kng to have time (to do sth)
y y

spare time / amateur / extra-curricular

r c second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice /

(math.) quadratic (of degree two)
chng ji (for a) long time

y c tng sh

hu fi

at the same time / meanwhile

expense / cost / to spend (time or money) /

expenditure
j din

what time? / when?

zn tng

to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) /

stoppage / pause (media player)

ji zh

up to (a time) / by (a time)

do sh hu

when the moment comes / at that

time
zh xi

this time

Bi jng Sh jin Chinese Standard Time

ji jifor a very long time

y ji already a long time

 dng sh

to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive

etc)
mi dng whenever / every time / on every
do sh

at that (future) time

ji sh

when the time comes / at the scheduled time

yu yu

lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in

time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) /

preposterous / pensive

d sn c

gu q

third / third time

to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to

expire (as in expiration date)

Shng dn ji

Christmas time / Christmas

season / Christmas
qun zh

full-time job

li de j

there's still time / able to do sth in time

y q at the same time / simultaneously

x ji

for a long time / for ages

bn shng half of the day / a long time / quite a while

wng hu from now on / in the future / time to come

 sh fn

time / period during the day / one of the 12

two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches /

ch c

first / for the first time / primary / tentative

y zh y li in the past always / for a long time now /

until now
gng fu

period of time (may be months, or mere

seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort

mio zhng

(time) second