时间 (shí jiān): meaning and stroke order
时间 (shí jiān) means (concept of) time, (duration of) time, (point in) time.
时间
- Simplified
- 时间
- Traditional
- 時間
- Pinyin
- shí jiān
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Stroke order of 时间
时
- shí old variant of 時|时[shi2]
- Shí surname Shi
- shí o'clock; time
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 旹
Stroke by stroke
间
- jiān between; among
- jiàn gap; to separate
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 間
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Meaning of 时间
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shí jiān
Traditional 時間
- (concept of) time
- (duration of) time
- (point in) time
Radicals of the characters
- 时
- Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 7 strokes · 日 on the left, 寸 on the right
- 间
- Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · built from 门 and 日
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
时间 in our stories
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服务员看了很长时间电脑。
fúwùyuán kàn le hěn cháng shíjiān diànnǎo
The receptionist looked at the computer for a long time.
From the story Next Friday HSK 2
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最后一页写着：“距离能改变时间，但改变不了朋友。”
zuìhòu yí yè xiě zhe jùlí néng gǎibiàn shíjiān dàn gǎibiàn bú le péngyou
On the last page was written: "Distance can change our hours, but not our friendship."
From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4
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老杜接过鞋，冲她眨眨眼：“你看，我哪有时间孤独？”
lǎo Dù jiē guò xié chòng tā zhǎ zhǎ yǎn nǐ kàn wǒ nǎyǒu shíjiān gūdú
Old Du took the boot and winked at her: "You see? When would I have time to be lonely?"
From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6
Stories using 时间
- Next Friday HSK 2
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
- Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).