准时 zhǔnshí▶ a tiempo

Stroke order

准时 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 准 — 10 strokes
• 时 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. on time
2. punctual
3. on schedule

Related words

• 准确precisión
• 及时oportuno
• 同时mientras tanto
• 平时usualmente
• 当时en ese momento
• 按时a tiempo

准时 is pronounced zhǔnshí and means “a tiempo”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 准时 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.