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Mythic Mandarin

一时 (yī shí): meaning and stroke order

一时 (yī shí) means a period of time, a while, for a short while, temporary, momentary, at the same time.

一时

Simplified
一时
Traditional
一時
Pinyin
yī shí

Stroke order of 一时

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

时

  • shí old variant of 時|时[shi2]
  • Shí surname Shi
  • shí o'clock; time
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 旹

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一时

  1. yī shí Traditional 一時
    • a period of time
    • a while
    • for a short while
    • temporary
    • momentary
    • at the same time

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
时
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 7 strokes · 日 on the left, 寸 on the right

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.

一时 in our stories

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  • 古人用这个故事解释他们看到的世界，也用它提醒后人：一时的愤怒，可能要让所有的人付出代价。

    gǔrén yòng zhè gè gùshi jiěshì tāmen kàndào de shìjiè yě yòng tā tíxǐng hòurén yìshí de fènnù kěnéng yào ràng suǒyǒu de rén fùchū dàijià

    People of old used this story to explain the world they saw, and to warn later generations that one moment's anger can make everyone pay the price.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 陶然没有马上表态，而是慢慢地翻着报价单，会议室里一时安静得只剩下空调的声音。

    Táo Rán méiyǒu mǎshàng biǎotài érshì mànmàn de fān zhe bàojiàdān huìyìshì lǐ yìshí ānjìng de zhǐ shèng xià kōngtiáo de shēngyīn

    Tao Ran didn't respond straight away. She slowly leafed through the quote, and for a while the meeting room was so quiet that only the air conditioning could be heard.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 一时

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).