时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 雨天 yǔ tiān rainy day / rainy weather syn 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 阴雨 陰雨 yīn yǔ overcast and rainy 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 汛期 xùn qī flood season 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 沣 灃 fēng rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3] 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 当季 當季 dāng jì this season / the current season 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 令节 令節 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle 季候 jì hòu season 季相 jì xiàng characteristic nature of some season 恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom) 收冬 shōu dōng harvest season / autumn 旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period 月令 yuè lìng typical weather in a given season syn 果期 guǒ qī the fruiting season 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 岁时 歲時 suì shí season / time of the year syn 岁阑 歲闌 suì lán late season of a year 洪水期 hóng shuǐ qī flood season 洪汛期 hóng xùn qī flood season 渔汛 漁汛 yú xùn fishing season 渔汛期 漁汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season 球季 qiú jì season (of baseball, football etc) 瓜代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season 盛季 shèng jì peak season / a flourishing period 节候 節候 jié hòu season / time of year 节期 節期 jié qī festival season 配种季节 配種季節 pèi zhǒng jì jié breeding season 食季 shí jì eclipse season 收获季节 收穫季節 shōu huò jì jié cropping season 青黄不接之际 青黃不接之際 qīng huáng bù jiē zhī jì lean season 麦秋 麥秋 mài qiū harvest season 飞行检查 飛行檢查 fēi xíng jiǎn chá unannounced inspection / (sports) out-of-season drug testing / abbr. to 飛檢|飞检[fei1 jian3] 流感季 liú gǎn jì flu season 