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- Traditional
- 時候
Stroke order
时候 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.
- 时 — 7 strokes
- 候 — 10 strokes
Senses
- time
- length of time
- moment
- period
Characters in 时候
- 时 shí — o'clock; time; when
- 候 hòu — to wait; to inquire after; to watch
Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Example sentences
- 什么时候来Shénme shíhou lái?When are you coming?
- 小的时候我在北京。Xiǎo de shíhou wǒ zài Běijīng.When I was little I was in Beijing.
Related words
时候 is pronounced shíhou and means “time”.