- 北京时间 Běijīng Shíjiān Beijing timeBeijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
- 一时间 yīshíjiān momentarilyfor a moment or happening all of a sudden
- 时间表 shíjiānbiǎo schedulea plan of activities, tasks, or events and the specific times at which they are intended to occur
- 响应时间 xiǎngyìngshíjiān response time
- 营业时间 yíngyèshíjiān business hoursbusiness hours; opening hours; office hours
- 霎时间 shàshíjiān instantlyin a split second
- 等待时间 děngdàishíjiān waiting timethe duration for which one waits for something or someone
- 作息时间 zuòxīshíjiān schedulethe timing and routine of daily activities, specifically balancing work and rest
- 办公时间 bàngōngshíjiān office hours
- 时间线 shíjiānxiàn timeline
- 建立时间 jiànlìshíjiān settling timeThe time elapsed from the application of an ideal step input to the time at which the system output has entered and remained within a specified error band.
- 当地时间 dāngdìshíjiān local time
- 打发时间 dǎfāshíjiān pass timeto pass the time; to kill time
- 抓紧时间 zhuājǐnshíjiān hurryTo waste no time in doing something; to make the best use of one's time.
- 抽时间 chōushíjiān find timeto (try to) find the time to do something
- 拖延时间 tuōyánshíjiān procrastinateto delay or put off doing something out of habit, laziness, or indecision
- 持续时间 chíxùshíjiān duration
- 按时间先后 ànshíjiānxiānhòu chronologicalin chronological order
- 挨时间 áishíjiān stallto stall or play for time by intentionally delaying
- 时间不早了 shíjiānbùzǎole getting lateit's getting late; time's getting on
- 时间区间 shíjiānqūjiān time interval
- 时间囊 shíjiānnáng time capsule
- 时间序列 shíjiānxùliè time seriestime series (statistics)
- 时间戳 shíjiānchuō timestamp
- 时间是把杀猪刀 shíjiānshìbǎshāzhūdāo relentless agingThe metaphorical idea that time is a butcher's knife, cruelly altering one's appearance and health as it passes.
- 时间测定学 shíjiāncèdìngxué chronometry
- 时间点 shíjiāndiǎn point in timea specific point in time
- 时间简史 Shíjiān Jiǎnshǐ A Brief History of Time"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
- 时间胶囊 shíjiānjiāonáng time capsule
- 时间轴 shíjiānzhóu time axisthe axis in a coordinate system or mathematical graph that represents the dimension of time
- 时间进程 shíjiānjìnchéng time coursethe progression of events or a process over a period of time
- 格林威治标准时间 Gélínwēizhì Biāozhǔn Shíjiān Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- 格林尼治标准时间 Gélínnízhì Biāozhǔn Shíjiān Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- 消磨时间 xiāomóshíjiān kill timeto kill time
- 短时间 duǎnshíjiān short timea brief period or duration of time
- 第一时间 dìyīshíjiān immediatelyin the first moments of something happening or as the very first priority
- 美东时间 Měidōngshíjiān US Eastern TimeUSA Eastern Standard Time
- 花时间 huāshíjiān spendto spend or take up time
- 贤者时间 xiánzhěshíjiān post-nut clarity(slang) post-nut clarity moment; the state of calm or reflection following sexual climax
- 赶时间 gǎnshíjiān hurryingto be in a hurry
- 长时间 chángshíjiān for a long timereferring to a duration that is long or of significant length.
- 随机时间 suíjīshíjiān random intervala random period of time or interval
- 首次注视时间 shǒucìzhùshìshíjiān first fixation duration
- 上班时间 shàngbānshíjiān working hoursThe period of time during which one is at work or the office.
- 与时间赛跑 yǔshíjiānsàipǎo race against timeto race against time
- 东部时间 Dōngbù Shíjiān Eastern TimeEastern Standard Time (EST)
- 争取时间 zhēngqǔshíjiān buy timeto delay or stall an action in order to gain a tactical advantage or allow for more preparation
- 作息时间表 zuòxīshíjiānbiǎo scheduledaily schedule or work schedule detailing specific times for work and rest
- 停机时间 tíngjīshíjiān downtimedowntime (computer network, power plant etc)