时候

Meaning(noun)

time; length of time; moment; period

Examples

• 你什么时候回国？

  nǐ shén me shí hòu huí guó?

  When are you going back to your country?

• 我小的时候住在海防。

  wǒ xiǎo de shí hòu zhù zài hǎi fáng.

  I lived in Haiphong when I was little.

• 吃饭的时候别看手机。

  chī fàn de shí hòu bié kàn shǒu jī.

  Don't look at your phone while eating.

Easily confused

• 时间 — 时候 is a point in time; 时间 is time as an amount.

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