小时 xiǎoshí hour

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Traditional: 小時
Measure word: 个

Stroke order

小时 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

小时 — the Chinese character for hour (xiǎoshí), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 小时 — hour

小 — 3 strokes
时 — 7 strokes

Characters in 小时

小 xiǎo — small; tiny; few
时 shí — o'clock; time; when

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我看了一小时书。Wǒ kàn le yī xiǎoshí shū.I read for one hour.
它睡了两小时。Tā shuì le liǎng xiǎoshí.It slept for two hours.
我等了一个小时。Wǒ děng le yí gè xiǎoshí.I waited for one hour.
你只有两小时吗？Nǐ zhǐ yǒu liǎng xiǎoshí ma?Do you only have two hours?

Related words

小时 is pronounced xiǎoshí and means “hour”.

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