时而 shí'ér HSK6 occasionally Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shí'ér occasionally 时 時 shí adverb constantly often; constantly; from time to time; frequently而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.shí'ér sometimes ... sometimes 时 時 shí adverbverb sometimes used in the pattern "shí... shí..." to mean "sometimes... sometimes..." or "now..., now..."而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.
