时间
shí​jiān HSK1

time

时间 時間 shí​jiān
time noun
the concept of time as a continuous flow of events from the past through the present to the future; often contrasted with 空间 kōng​jiān

他说，改变需要时间。

tā shuō, gǎi​biàn xū​yào shí​jiān.

He said that change takes time.

duration noun
a period or amount of time; the interval between two points in time

我就给你三天的时间。

wǒ jiù gěi nǐ sān tiān de shí​jiān.

I'll give you three days.

我们可没有一年时间。

wǒ​men kě méi​yǒu yī nián shí​jiān.

We don't have a year.

point in time noun
a specific moment or hour; the time when something happens

我只是需要找到正确的时间。

wǒ zhǐ​shì xū​yào zhǎo dào zhèng​què de shí​jiān.

I just need to find the right time.

tense
the grammatical category that expresses the time at which an action or state occurs
for the time being
temporarily; for a short while; currently

Frequency
Movie subtitles
915.2 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
785.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)