时差
shí chāㄕˊ ㄔㄚ
Sino-Vietnamese: THỜI SAI
Traditional: 時差
HSK 6HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 2
Meaning(noun)
time difference; time lag; jet lag
To get over jet lag: 倒时差.
Examples
越南和中国有一个小时的时差。
yuè nán hé zhōng guó yǒu yí gè xiǎo shí de shí chā.
There's a one-hour time difference between Vietnam and China.
我刚从美国回来,还在倒时差。
wǒ gāng cóng měi guó huí lái, hái zài dǎo shí chā.
I just got back from the US and I'm still getting over jet lag.
因为时差,我们只能晚上开会。
yīn wèi shí chā, wǒ men zhǐ néng wǎn shàng kāi huì.
Because of the time difference, we can only meet in the evening.
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Stroke order
THỜI · 7 strokes
old variant of 时
SI · 9 strokes
difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
Related words
- 时候 shí hou — time; length of time; moment; period
- 时间 shí jiān — time; period
- 小时 xiǎo shí — hour
- 当时 dāng shí — then; at that time; while
- 暂时 zàn shí — temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 及时 jí shí — timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
- 平时 píng shí — ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- 准时 zhǔn shí — on time; punctual; on schedule