時

shí = sh + Ø2

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

時 character breakdown

時
- 寺
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 寸
    - 一
    - 丶
    - 亅
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

sì = s + Ø4

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

寺 = 土 + 寸 : Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 時 as component

shí = sh + Ø2

see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

shì = sh + Ø4

to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]

shí = sh + Ø2

shad / Ilisha elongata

shí = sh + Ø2

hen roost

Words with 時

at the same time / simultaneously

in time / promptly / without delay / timely

timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay

antiquity

in ancient times / in olden days

contemporary

to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity

timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance

counterclockwise

in keeping with the current thinking; appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)

in fashion / suiting the time / seasonable / timely

in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)

timeliness / promptness

at the same time / contemporary

timely handling / a stitch in time

,

timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine

to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem

response time

response time (technology)

unconventional

Sentences with 時

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