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lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn
shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn
(of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn
guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
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
dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn
fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn
děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
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
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn
xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
and / to reach / up to / in time for syn
zài again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time syn
qiě and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...) syn
jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
同时 同時 tóng shí at the same time / simultaneously syn
目前 mù qián at the present time / currently syn
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now syn
当前 當前 dāng qián the present time / to be faced with syn
当时 當時 dāng shí then / at that time / while syn
人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth)
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
及时 及時 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay syn
暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn
黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance syn
正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time / originally syn
临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
自从 自從 zì cóng since (a time) / ever since syn
岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 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
季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
之际 之際 zhī jì during / at the time of syn
打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
从前 從前 cóng qián previously / formerly / once upon a time syn
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn
片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
度过 度過 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through syn
业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
过期 過期 guò qī to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date) syn
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
为期 為期 wéi qī (to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time) syn
按时 按時 àn shí on time / before deadline / on schedule syn
准时 準時 zhǔn shí on time / punctual / on schedule syn
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) syn
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn
空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn
多时 多時 duō shí long time syn
今次 jīn cì this / the present (meeting etc) / this time / this once
空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn
暂且 暫且 zàn qiě for now / for the time being / temporarily syn
及早 jí zǎo at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible syn
期房 qī fáng forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly / time and again syn
姑且 gū qiě for the time being / tentatively syn
受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight syn
老半天 lǎo bàn tiān (coll.) a long time
短促 duǎn cù short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) 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
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
好整以暇 hào zhěng yǐ xiá to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom) syn
大红大紫 大紅大紫 dà hóng dà zǐ to hit the big time
煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn
时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)
工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student
辰光 chén guāng sunlight / (Wu dialect) time of the day / moment syn
从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision / to consider at length
赶工 趕工 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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