时间
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时间 (shíjiān) · time
时间 (shíjiān) means “time”. It is written with 2 characters: 时 (time) + 间 (measure word for rooms). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 时间 is built
The characters
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
间 jiān · measure word for rooms
What 间 is made of
- 门mén — door
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我没有时间。Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān.I don't have time.
你明天有时间吗？Nǐ míngtiān yǒu shíjiān ma?Do you have time tomorrow?
Questions about 时间
What does 时间 mean?
时间 (shíjiān) means “time”.
How do you pronounce 时间?
时间 is pronounced shíjiān.
Which HSK level is 时间?
时间 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 时候shíhoutime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
- 这时候zhè shíhouat this time
Learn 时间 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 7: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.