之际 zhī jì▶ es hora de…

Stroke order

之际 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 之 — 3 strokes
• 际 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. during
2. at the time of

Related words

• 反之al contrario; mientras que
• 后顾之忧Cualquier amenaza desde la retaguardia
• 天伦之乐La felicidad de una unión familiar
• 当务之急Un asunto apremiante del momento
• 总而言之Para abreviar
• 交际comunicación

之际 is pronounced zhī jì and means “es hora de…”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 之际 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.