時

shí = sh + Ø2

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

时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

時 character breakdown

時
- 寺
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 寸
    - 一
    - 丶
    - 亅
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

sì = s + Ø4

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

寺 = 土 + 寸 : Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 時 as component

shí = sh + Ø2

see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

shì = sh + Ø4

to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]

shí = sh + Ø2

shad / Ilisha elongata

shí = sh + Ø2

hen roost

Words with 時

a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time

for a moment / momentarily

from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently

out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion

to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason

a short time / a little while

two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4])

in an instant

(Tw) from time to time / frequently

rush hour

working hours; office hours

out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion

to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time

a possible period of want or need

to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason

r

a short time; a little while

a short time / a little while

a short time / a little while

a short time / a little while

r

a short time / a little while

Sentences with 時

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