Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

→
HSK
1

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.

你 什么 时候 回家?

When are you going home?

我 到 的 时候, 她 已经 走 了。

When I arrived, she had already left.

Similar Meaning Words