有时
HSK 2 (exam 2025)
有时 (yǒushí) · sometimes
有时 (yǒushí) means “sometimes”. It is written with 2 characters: 有 (to have) + 时 (time). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 有时 is built
The characters
有 yǒu · to have
What 有 is made of
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
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)
Example sentences
我有时走路去学校。Wǒ yǒushí zǒulù qù xuéxiào.Sometimes I walk to school.
他有时会回家很晚。Tā yǒushí huì huíjiā hěn wǎn.Sometimes he comes home very late.
Questions about 有时
What does 有时 mean?
有时 (yǒushí) means “sometimes”.
How do you pronounce 有时?
有时 is pronounced yǒushí.
Which HSK level is 有时?
有时 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 还有háiyǒualso
- 没有méiyǒunot have
- 有的yǒudesome (of them)
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 有些yǒuxiēsome
- 有用yǒuyònguseful
- 所有suǒyǒuall
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 有人yǒurénsomeone
Learn 有时 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 · Group 18: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.