shí

o'clock

surname Shi; time; when; hour; season; period

Sun (日) + measure (寸) = time passing

The sun (日) moves across the sky, and 寸 here acts primarily as a phonetic hint toward shí. Together they evoke the sun's passage as the original measure of time.

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A small unit of measurePhonetic
The sunSemantic

现在是下午三,我们出发吧。

xiàn zài shì xià wǔ sān shí, wǒ men chū fā ba.

It is now three o'clock in the afternoon, let's set off.

他小候住在农村,每天帮家里干活。

tā xiǎo shí hòu zhù zài nóng cūn, měi tiān bāng jiā lǐ gàn huó.

When he was little, he lived in the countryside and helped the family with chores every day.

Words with 时

何时

hé shí

when

即时

jí shí

immediate

临时

lín shí

as the time draws near

临时保姆

lín shí bǎo mǔ

temporary caregiver; babysitter

临时分居

lín shí fēn jū

trial separation

临时工

lín shí gōng

temporary worker; temp

临时抱佛脚

lín shí bào fó jiǎo

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

临时政府

lín shí zhèng fǔ

provisional government

临时演员

lín shí yǎn yuán

an extra (in a movie)

临时贷款

lín shí dài kuǎn

bridging loan

这时

zhè shí

at this time

运行时

yùn xíng shí

(computing) runtime

More characters with 日