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HSK
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point in time

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

shi2hou5 shíhou

Alternative Pinyin

shi2hou4 shíhòu

Meaning


Primary

point in time

Alternatives

moment, time

Mnemonic


If you arrive to an appointment at an earlier 时候 point in time than the scheduled 时 time, you are going to have 候 to wait. Since you are the only one to arrive so early, you have 候 to wait in [5] silence.

Usage


我 去年 这 时候 在 台湾。

This time last year I was in Taiwan.

五 点 的 时候 他 不 在 家。

He was not at home at five o'clock.

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