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小时

xiǎo shíㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ

Sino-Vietnamese: TIỂU THỜI

Traditional: 小時

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Meaning(noun, measure word)

hour

Measure words: 个

Examples

  • 我每天睡七个小时。

    wǒ měi tiān shuì qī gè xiǎo shí.

    I sleep seven hours a day.

  • 从河内到下龙要三个小时。

    cóng hé nèi dào xià lóng yào sān gè xiǎo shí.

    It takes three hours from Hanoi to Ha Long.

  • 今天加班两个小时。

    jīn tiān jiā bān liǎng gè xiǎo shí.

    We're working two hours of overtime today.

Easily confused

  • 点 — 点 is o'clock (a point); 小时 is hours of duration.

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Stroke order

TIỂU · 3 strokes

small; tiny; few; young

THỜI · 7 strokes

old variant of 时