时
而

Occasionally in Chinese: 时而 (shí ér)

shí ér

occasionally

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 時而1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1occasionally
  2. 2from time to time

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而

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

时而

Simplified

時而

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 天上的云时而多，时而少。

    tiān shàng de yún shí ér duō， shí ér shǎo。

    The clouds in the sky are sometimes many, sometimes few.

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Related words

而

ér

and

时

shí

o'clock

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

及时

jí shí

timely

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

然而

rán ér

however

暂时

zàn shí

temporary

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