时候
shíhou
time, moment
Part of speech · noun
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時time
候climate
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Examples
- 什么时候来?When are you coming?
- 小时候很可爱。Cute as a kid.
Collocations
什么时候小时候那时候
Mnemonic
时候 shíhou "time, moment" — 时 (time, traditional 時) + 候 (period). False friend: Japanese 時候 jikō means "climate/season". ZH 时候 = "moment". Common 什么时候 (when), 小时候 (childhood).
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