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时间

shí jiān
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. time
  2. 2. period

Words Containing 时间

时间是把杀猪刀
shí jiān shì bǎ shā zhū dāo

lit. time is a butcher's knife

一时间
yī shí jiān

for a moment

按时间先后
àn shí jiān xiān hòu

chronological

第一时间
dì yī shí jiān

in the first moments (of sth happening)

时间表
shí jiān biǎo

schedule

东部时间
dōng bù shí jiān

Eastern Standard Time (EST)

随机时间
suí jī shí jiān

random period of time

打发时间
dǎ fā shí jiān

to pass the time

时间简史
shí jiān jiǎn shǐ

\A Brief History of Time\ by Stephen Hawking

前段时间
qián duàn shí jiān

recently

建立时间
jiàn lì shí jiān

setup time

反应时间
fǎn yìng shí jiān

response time (technology)

抓紧时间
zhuā jǐn shí jiān

to snatch time

上班时间
shàng bān shí jiān

working hours; office hours

减压时间表
jiǎn yā shí jiān biǎo

decompression schedule (diving)

时间进程
shí jiān jìn chéng

time course

时间轴
shí jiān zhóu

time axis

营业时间
yíng yè shí jiān

time of business

抽时间
chōu shí jiān

to (try to) find the time to

与时间赛跑
yǔ shí jiān sài pǎo

to race against time

拖延时间
tuō yán shí jiān

to procrastinate

格林威治标准时间
gé lín wēi zhì biāo zhǔn shí jiān

Greenwich Mean Time

工作时间
gōng zuò shí jiān

working hours

霎时间
shà shí jiān

in a split second

短时间
duǎn shí jiān

short term

时间点
shí jiān diǎn

point in time

时间区间
shí jiān qū jiān

time interval

时间不早了
shí jiān bù zǎo le

it's getting late; time's getting on

持续时间
chí xù shí jiān

duration

响应时间
xiǎng yìng shí jiān

response time

当地时间
dāng dì shí jiān

local time

安定时间
ān dìng shí jiān

settling time (control theory)

用餐时间
yòng cān shí jiān

meal times

时间测定学
shí jiān cè dìng xué

chronometry

消磨时间
xiāo mó shí jiān

to kill time

时间序列
shí jiān xù liè

time series (stats.)

花时间
huā shí jiān

to take up time

挨时间
ái shí jiān

to stall

首次注视时间
shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān

first fixation duration

上下班时间
shàng xià bān shí jiān

rush hour

格林尼治标准时间
gé lín ní zhì biāo zhǔn shí jiān

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

北京时间
běi jīng shí jiān

Chinese Standard Time

作息时间
zuò xī shí jiān

daily schedule

时间线
shí jiān xiàn

timeline

阅读时间
yuè dú shí jiān

viewing time

办公时间
bàn gōng shí jiān

office hours

作息时间表
zuò xī shí jiān biǎo

daily schedule

争取时间
zhēng qǔ shí jiān

to act with urgency

美东时间
měi dōng shí jiān

USA Eastern Standard Time

停机时间
tíng jī shí jiān

downtime (computer network, power plant etc)

时间戳
shí jiān chuō

timestamp

就寝时间
jiù qǐn shí jiān

bedtime