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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 时候

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时候 shí hou - time
- length of time
- moment
- period

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
1 1 82 133 83

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
候 hòu- to wait
- to inquire after
- to watch
- season
- climate
- (old) period of five days

Other Words Containing 时候

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
时候 1 1 82 133 83
有时候 - 1 1,189 2,262 808
小时候 - 2 2,274 3,860 1,404
古时候 - - 38,909 47,436 30,238