时候shí houtime; length of time; moment; period

1. 1.

   time; length of time; moment; periodnoun

• 时time; when; hour; period
• 候season; period

时候 often follows 的 after a verb or adjective for "when / while"; 什么时候 asks when in everyday speech.

1. HSK 1

   什么时候去？

   Shénme shíhou qù?

   When are you going? / When do we go?

2. HSK 1

   这个时候很好。

   Zhège shíhou hěn hǎo.

   This time / moment is very good.

3. HSK 1

   上课的时候不要说话。

   Shàng kè de shíhou búyào shuōhuà.

   Don't talk when you are in class.

4. HSK 1

   你不在的时候，我会想你。

   Nǐ bú zài de shíhou, wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ.

   When you are not here, I will miss you.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   什么时候去？

   Shénme shíhou qù?

   When are we going?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   现在去。

   Xiànzài qù.

   Go now.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   上课的时候可以说话吗？

   Shàng kè de shíhou kěyǐ shuōhuà ma?

   Can we talk when we are in class?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   不可以。上课的时候不要说话。

   Bù kěyǐ. Shàng kè de shíhou búyào shuōhuà.

   No. Don't talk when you are in class.

5. 
   Speaker A:

   你不在的时候，谁在？

   Nǐ bú zài de shíhou, shéi zài?

   When you are not here, who is?

6. 
   Speaker B:

   他在。

   Tā zài.

   He is.

1. 1.Fill in the blank ("when"): 什么___去？

   A时候B现在的C是候
2. 2.Which pattern means "when / while …"?

   AVerb + 的时候B时候 + 的 VerbC是时候 Verb
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 上课___时候不要说话。

   A的B很C和

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Related words

• 现在xiàn zàinow; at present; currentlyHSK 1
• 的deof; 's (possessive particle)HSK 1
• 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how toHSK 1
• 想xiǎngto desire; to want (to)HSK 1
• 去qùto goHSK 1
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask forHSK 1

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