去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 期 qī a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn 期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn 周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey 一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn 时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time) 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) 久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 赛车场 賽車場 sài chē chǎng motor racetrack / cycle racetrack 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn 周波 zhōu bō cycle (physics) 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 生命周期 生命週期 shēng mìng zhōu qī life cycle 回回 huí huí time and again / every time 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle 死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems) 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057 戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 