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时候
shí hou
time, moment, when
HSK 1Common
What does 时候 mean?
时候 (pinyin: shí hou) means time, moment, when. It belongs to the official HSK 1 vocabulary (beginner), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 时候
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 时 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 候
The characters of 时候
| 时 | shí | component character |
| 候 | hòu | component character |
Related HSK 1 words
| 爱 | ài | to love; love |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how |
| 家 | jiā | home, family |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | work; job; to work |
| 小 | xiǎo | small, little |
| 呢 | ne | interrogative particle (used to form a question or to ask "and...?") |
| 太 | tài | too, very |
| 吗 | má | interrogative particle |
Full HSK 1 list · Translate a sentence with 时候
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