All words › Time
Time in Mandarin
106 words from the HSK 1–4 core vocabulary, each with pinyin, its meaning, an example sentence and audio.
- 白天 bái tiān daytime
- 半年 bàn nián half a year
- 半天 bàn tiān half of the day
- 常 cháng always
- 后天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow
- 今年 jīn nián this year
- 今天 jīn tiān today
- 没事儿 méi shì r to have spare time
- 明年 míng nián next year
- 明天 míng tiān tomorrow
- 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday
- 去年 qù nián last year
- 日期 rì qī date
- 上次 shàng cì last time
- 上午 shàng wǔ morning
- 生日 shēng rì birthday
- 时候 shí hou time
- 时间 shí jiān (concept of) time
- 天 tiān day
- 晚 wǎn evening
- 晚上 wǎn shang evening
- 下次 xià cì next time
- 下午 xià wǔ afternoon
- 现在 xiàn zài now; at present; currently
- 小时 xiǎo shí hour
- 新年 xīn nián New Year
- 星期 xīng qī week
- 一会儿 yī huì r a moment
- 有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes
- 早 zǎo early
- 早上 zǎo shang early morning
- 中午 zhōng wǔ noon
- 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday
- 半夜 bàn yè midnight
- 不一会儿 bù yí huì er in a moment
- 分钟 fēn zhōng minute
- 刚才 gāng cái just now
- 刚刚 gāng gang just recently
- 过去 guò qù (in the) past; former; previous
- 好久 hǎo jiǔ (coll.) for a long time
- 老是 lǎo shi always
- 那会儿 nà huì r at that time (in the past or the future)
- 那时候 nà shí hou at that time
- 前年 qián nián the year before last
- 全年 quán nián the whole year
- 日子 rì zi day
- 上周 shàng zhōu last week
- 少年 shào nián early youth
- 随时 suí shí at any time; at all times
- 同时 tóng shí at the same time; simultaneously
- 晚安 wǎn ān Good night!
- 晚报 wǎn bào evening newspaper
- 晚会 wǎn huì evening party
- 午睡 wǔ shuì to take a nap in the afternoon
- 下周 xià zhōu next week
- 夜 yè night
- 夜里 yè li during the night
- 已经 yǐ jīng already
- 月份 yuè fèn month
- 早晨 zǎo chén early morning
- 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time
- 这时候 zhè shí hòu at this moment
- 周末 zhōu mò weekend
- 周年 zhōu nián anniversary
- 走过 zǒu guò to walk past
- 最近 zuì jìn recently
- 从来 cóng lái always
- 当初 dāng chū at that time
- 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
- 观看 guān kàn to watch; to view
- 国庆 Guó qìng National Day
- 后年 hòu nián the year after next
- 将来 jiāng lái in the future
- 近期 jìn qī near in time
- 空儿 kòng r spare time
- 目前 mù qián at the present time
- 年初 nián chū beginning of the year
- 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
- 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year
- 期 qī a period of time
- 时 shí o'clock
- 时刻 shí kè time
- 世纪 shì jì century
- 收看 shōu kàn to watch (a TV program)
- 提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date
- 已 yǐ already
- 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since
- 整天 zhěng tiān all day long
- 总是 zǒng shì always
- 按时 àn shí on time
- 从此 cóng cǐ from now on
- 季度 jì dù quarter of a year
- 季节 jì jié time
- 既 jì already
- 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past
- 来不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
- 来得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
- 临时 lín shí as the time draws near
- 闹钟 nào zhōng alarm clock
- 期间 qī jiān period of time
- 期限 qī xiàn time limit
- 日历 rì lì calendar
- 上个月 shàng gè yuè last month
- 晚点 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late
- 未来 wèi lái future
- 下个月 xià gè yuè next month