不时
bù​shí HSK5

frequently

不时 不時 bù​shí
frequently adverb
frequently; from time to time; now and then; repeatedly

她不时地提到她曾工作过的其他地方。

tā bù​shí de tí dào tā céng gōng​zuò guo de qí​tā dì​fang.

From time to time she mentioned other places where she had worked.

教堂里不时有音乐会。

jiào​táng li bù​shí yǒu yīn​yuè​huì.

There are concerts in the church from time to time.

at any time
at an uncertain time; at any moment, especially in the phrase 不时之需 bù​shí​zhī​xū
untimely
(literary) out of season; at an inappropriate time
unexpectedly
suddenly; unexpectedly; not at a scheduled or fixed time

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.98 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
18.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

See

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)