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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 时不我待
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 时不我待 | shí bù wǒ dài | - (idiom) time and tide wait for no man |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,805 | 56,371 | 51,939 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 时 | shí | - old variant of 時|时[shi2] |
| 时 | shí | - surname Shi |
| 时 | shí | - o'clock - time - when - hour - season - period |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 我 | wǒ | - I; me; my |
| 待 | dāi | - to stay; to remain |
| 待 | dài | - to wait - to treat - to deal with - to need - going to (do sth) - about to - intending to |
Other Words Containing 时不我待
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 时不我待 | - | - | 36,805 | 56,371 | 51,939 |