临时 línshí▶ temporal

Stroke order

临时 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 临 — 9 strokes
• 时 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. as the time draws near
2. at the last moment
3. temporary
4. interim
5. ad hoc

Related words

• 光临presencia
• 时代tiempos, época
• 时刻tiempo
• 时尚moda
• 时差diferencia horaria
• 时期período

临时 is pronounced línshí and means “temporal”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 临时 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.