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