倒
计
时

To count down in Chinese: 倒计时 (dào jì shí)

dào jì shí

to count down

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 倒計時1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to count down
  2. 2countdown

Stroke order

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倒
计
时

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧˋ

jì

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

倒计时

Simplified

倒計時

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 新年的倒计时开始了，大家都很兴奋。

    xīn nián de dào jì shí kāi shǐ le， dà jiā dōu hěn xīng fèn。

    The New Year countdown began, and everyone was excited.

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Related words

倒

dǎo

to fall

时

shí

o'clock

计

jì

to calculate

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

估计

gū jì

to estimate

及时

jí shí

timely

计划

jì huà

plan

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

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