小时xiǎo shíhour
小时 (xiǎo shí) means "hour," as in 我每天睡八个小时 (I sleep eight hours every day), 他等了你一个小时 (He waited for you for an hour) and 坐车要两个小时 (It takes two hours by car). This entry covers this one sense: in all three examples 小时 counts hours of time.
What does 小时 mean?
- 1.
hournoun
What do the characters in 小时 mean?
- 小small
- 时hour
How do you use 小时?
See it in 我每天睡八个小时, 他等了你一个小时 and 坐车要两个小时.
What are some examples of 小时 in a sentence?
How is 小时 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你家离这儿远吗?
Nǐ jiā lí zhèr yuǎn ma?
Is your home far from here?
- Speaker B:
很远,坐车要两个小时。
Hěn yuǎn, zuò chē yào liǎng ge xiǎoshí.
Very far; it takes two hours by car.
- Speaker A:
你每天睡几个小时?
Nǐ měi tiān shuì jǐ ge xiǎoshí?
How many hours do you sleep every day?
- Speaker B:
我每天睡八个小时。
Wǒ měi tiān shuì bā ge xiǎoshí.
I sleep eight hours every day.
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- 时shítime; whenHSK 2
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.