有
时
候

Sometimes in Chinese: 有时候 (yǒu shí hou)

yǒu shí hou

sometimes

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 有時候1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1sometimes

Stroke order

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有
时
候

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

˙ㄏㄡ

hou

˙/ neutral toneㄏ/ hㄡ/ ou

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有时候

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有時候

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 有时候我很想家。

    yǒu shí hou wǒ hěn xiǎng jiā。

    Sometimes I really miss home.

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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

气候

qì hòu

(meteorology) climate

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

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