VocabularyHSK 3 · core

小时

xiǎoshí

hour

Part of speech · noun

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small
time
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Examples

  1. 一个小时。
    One hour.
  2. 过了三个小时。
    Three hours passed.

Collocations

一个小时半小时小时数

Mnemonic

小时 xiǎoshí "hour (unit)" — 小 (small) + 时 (time) = "small unit of time". Measure: 个 (一个小时). Synonym 钟头 zhōngtóu is colloquial. Japanese uses 時間 jikan.

Quick check

  1. "Half an hour"?

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