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 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 结果 結果 jié guǒ outcome / result / conclusion / in the end / as a result / to kill / to dispatch syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill syn 杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide / to murder / to kill (a person) 自杀 自殺 zì shā to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide syn 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 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 猎杀 獵殺 liè shā to kill (in hunting) 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb 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 击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day 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 自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself / suicide syn 届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 滥杀 濫殺 làn shā to kill indiscriminately / to massacre 捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 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 误杀 誤殺 wù shā to mistakenly kill / manslaughter 杀伤 殺傷 shā shāng to kill or injure syn 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless syn 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 杀菌 殺菌 shā jūn to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize syn 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 毒杀 毒殺 dú shā to kill by poisoning 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 杀一儆百 殺一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres 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 弑父 弒父 shì fù patricide / to kill one's own father 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 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn 谋财害命 謀財害命 móu cái hài mìng to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money 杀人越货 殺人越貨 shā rén yuè huò to kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money syn 暗害 àn hài to kill secretly / to stab in the back 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 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 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death 追杀 追殺 zhuī shā to chase to kill 杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill 害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) 回回 huí huí time and again / every time 砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death / to kill with an ax 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) 炸死 zhà sǐ to kill with an explosion 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death / to kill by throwing to the ground 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 扑杀 撲殺 pū shā to kill / to cull 弄死 nòng sǐ to kill / to put to death 打杀 打殺 dǎ shā to kill 劫杀 劫殺 jié shā to rob and kill 杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson 诛杀 誅殺 zhū shā to kill / to murder 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) 借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom) syn 到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn 虐杀 虐殺 nüè shā to kill (or assault) sadistically 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn shoot to kill 杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn 