( 指时间单位 ) hour ⇒ 钟表要报时了。 Zhōngbiǎo yào bàoshí le. → The clock is about to strike the hour. ⇒ 营业时间是从上午9时到下午5时。 Yíngyè shíjiān shì cóng shàngwǔ jiǔ shí dào xiàwǔ wǔ shí. → Business hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

( 一个时期 ) time

temporary ⇒ 临时措施 línshí cuòshī → temporary measures

fashionable

punctual

( 什么时候 ) ⇒ 你几时回来? Nǐ jǐshí huílái? → When will you come back? ⇒ 电脑几时修好？ Diànnǎo jǐshí xiūhǎo? → When will the computer be fixed?

timely ⇒ 这场雨下得很及时。 Zhè cháng yǔ xià de hěn jíshí. → This rain has come at the right time.

at the same time ⇒ 同时发生 tóngshí fāshēng → occur simultaneously

opportunity

hour ⇒ 很多公司实行8小时工作制。 Hěn duō gōngsī shíxíng bā xiǎoshí gōngzuò zhì. → Lots of companies have implemented an eight-hour working day.

⇒ 他少时就回来了。 Tā shǎoshí jiù huílái le. → He came back after a short while. ⇒ 少时雷雨停了，探险队又继续赶路。 Shǎoshí léiyǔ tíng le, tànxiǎnduì yòu jìxù gǎnlù. → Before long the storm stopped and the exploration team continued on its way.

⇒ 届时请您光临。 Jièshí qǐng nín guānglín. → When the time comes, do come and have a look around.

man-hour ⇒ 他每天干8个工时的活。 Tā měitiān gàn bā gè gōngshí de huó. → He works for eight hours a day.

usually

seasonal

then ⇒ 他当时不知道犯了法。 Tā dāngshí bù zhīdào fànle fǎ. → At the time he didn't know he'd broken the law. ⇒ 我当时高兴极了。 Wǒ dāngshí gāoxìng jí le. → I was ecstatic at the time.

current

current affairs pl

( 指时期 ) age ⇒ 信息时代 xìnxī shídài → the information age

time ⇒ 你什么时候上班? Nǐ shénme shíhou shàngbān? → What time do you go to work? ⇒ 时候不早了,我们该睡觉了。 Shíhou bù zǎo le, wǒmen gāi shuìjiào le. → It's late, and we should go to bed.

( 书 ) time ⇒ 时光飞逝。 Shíguāng fēishì. → Time flies.

be in fashion

moment ⇒ 紧急时刻 jǐnjí shíkè → critical moment

current trend

time zone

fad

political situation

time difference

often

period

opportunity

sometimes ⇒ 电脑时而出故障。 Diànnǎo shí'ér chū gùzhàng. → The computer sometimes plays up. ⇒ 他精神失常了,时而大哭,时而大笑。 Tā jīngshén shīcháng le, shí'ér dà kū, shí'ér dà xiào. → He's psychologically unbalanced — one moment he's in floods of tears, the next he's laughing uncontrollably.

fashion

time ⇒ 时间到了。 Shíjiān dào le. → Time's up! ⇒ 他不抓紧时间。 Tā bù zhuājǐn shíjiān. → He didn't make the best use of his time. ⇒ 办公时间 bàngōng shíjiān → working hours

fashionable

⇒ 暂时的需要 zànshí de xūyào → temporary need ⇒ 我们暂时休息一下。 Wǒmen zànshí xiūxi yīxià. → We'll rest for a moment.

immediately

( 过时 ) outmoded

outdated

timely ⇒ 你要适时督促他一下。 Nǐ yào shìshí dūcù tā yīxià. → You need to give him a bit of timely encouragement.

at any time

immediately

count down ⇒ 奥运会进入了倒计时阶段。 Àoyùnhuì jìnrùle dàojìshí jiēduàn. → The countdown to the Olympics has begun.

epoch-making

timetable ( 英 ) schedule ( 美 )

be fashionable

instant

take stock of a situation

spirit of the age

have a change of luck ⇒ 她时来运转,当上了女主角。 Tā shí lái yùn zhuǎn, dāng shàng le nǚzhǔjué. → She's lucky enough to be playing the female lead.