有
时

Sometimes in Chinese: 有时 (yǒu shí)

yǒu shí

sometimes

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 有時1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1sometimes
  2. 2now and then

Stroke order

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有
时

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

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有时

Simplified

有時

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他有时走路去学校。

    tā yǒu shí zǒu lù qù xué xiào。

    He sometimes walks to school.

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Related words

有

yǒu

to have

时

shí

o'clock

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

有名

yǒu míng

famous

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

及时

jí shí

timely

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

有趣

yǒu qù

interesting

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