HSK 1 · Telling time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

Stroke order of 小时

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

小 · 3 strokes 时 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A "小" small piece of "时" time: one hour.

Parts: 小 small + 时 time (日 sun + 寸)

The characters in 小时

小 xiǎo — small; little (3 strokes)
时 shí — time; hour; when (7 strokes)

Example sentence

我每天学习两个小时。

I study for two hours every day.

Words with 小

小姐Miss; young lady 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 小small; little 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 中小学primary and secondary schools 小组group 小说novel 小声in a low voice 大小size 小心careful; to be careful

Words with 时

时间time 时候time; moment (when...)有时sometimes 有时候sometimes 小时候in childhood 当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 随时at any time 同时at the same time 平时usually; normally 时time; hour; when 时代era; age 时刻moment; always 及时timely; promptly

More words: Telling time

上午morning (before noon)下午afternoon 中午noon 早上early morning 晚上evening 白天daytime 点o'clock; a little 分fen (1/100 yuan); point 时间time 时候time; moment (when...)现在now 半天half a day; a long time 半年half a year 日期date 一会儿a moment; a while

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