够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 才然 纔然 cái rán just recently / just a moment ago / just now 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 当 當 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 适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 限时 限時 xiàn shí to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time 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 刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 临 臨 lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn 犹 猶 yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn 甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn 寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to / to have just started to 适间 適間 shì jiān just now / just a moment ago 算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. 抓功夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫) 抓工夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓功夫) 格林尼治平时 格林尼治平時 gé lín ní zhì píng shí Universal Coordinated Time / Greenwich Mean Time / Coordinated Universal Time 致死时间 致死時間 lethal time / survival time / time-to-death 恰好 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 正正 zhèng zhèng neat / orderly / just in time 贪玩 貪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到 善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到 shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào , ruò rán bù bào shí chén wèi dào Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time 定时交货 定時交貨 just-in-time delivery 昧旦 mèi dàn the time just before daybreak 路遥知马力，日久见人心 路遙知馬力，日久見人心 lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb) 安安 ān ān (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute) 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn 时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled 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 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 时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to 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 限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn 时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met 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 车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey 耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time) 回回 huí huí time and again / every time 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of 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) 反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again 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 时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag 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 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 交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery 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 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 死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems) 到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time 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 光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn 天时地利人和 天時地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war 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 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 瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March 大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 生不逢时 生不逢時 shēng bù féng shí born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time syn 猴年马月 猴年馬月 hóu nián mǎ yuè long time off / time that will never come 空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn 在这期间 在這期間 zài zhè qī jiān during time / in this time 宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku") 时有所闻 時有所聞 shí yǒu suǒ wén heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that... syn 