时候 shíhou▶ waktu

Stroke order

时候 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 时 — 7 strokes
• 候 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. time
2. length of time
3. moment
4. period

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

• 小时jam
• 时间waktu
• 准时tepat waktu
• 及时tepat waktu
• 同时sementara itu
• 平时biasanya

时候 is pronounced shíhou and means “waktu”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 时候 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.