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小时
小時
xiǎoshí
1.
hour
2.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (9)
数小时
shùxiǎoshí
several hours
小时候
xiǎoshíhou
in one's childhood
半小时
bànxiǎoshí
half hour
小时工
xiǎoshígōng
hourly worker
安培小时
ānpéixiǎoshí
ampere-hour (Ah)
学分小时
xuéfēnxiǎoshí
credit hour (in an academic credit system)
小时候儿
xiǎoshíhour
erhua variant of [[小時候|小时候<xiǎoshíhou>]]
八小时工作制
bāxiǎoshígōngzuòzhì
eight-hour working day
小时了了，大未必佳
xiǎoshíliǎoliǎo,dàwèibìjiā
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
Example Sentences (7)
很远，坐公共汽车要一个多小时呢！
Hěn yuǎn,zuò gōng gòng qì chē yào yí gè duō xiǎo shí ne!
It’s very far; it takes over an hour by bus!
Text 3
医生说吃药后两个小时不要喝茶。
Yīshēng shuō chī yào hòu liǎng gè xiǎoshí bú yào hē chá.
The doctor said not to drink tea for two hours after taking medicine.
Text 2
我们唱了两个小时歌，晚上还去听音乐会了。
Wǒmen chàng le liǎng gè xiǎoshí gē, wǎnshang hái qù tīng yīnyuèhuì le.
We sang for two hours, and in the evening we also went to a concert.
Text 2
已经差一刻八点了！我都在这儿坐了半个小时了。
Yǐjīng chà yí kè bā diǎn le! Wǒ dōu zài zhèr zuò le bàn gè xiǎoshí le.
It's already a quarter to eight! I've been sitting here for half an hour now.
Text 4
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