Mnemonic comic for 时

Translation

shí = sh + Ø2: o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch. The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

All translations for 时

shí = sh + Ø2

old variant of 時|时[shi2]

shí = sh + Ø2

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

时 character breakdown

时
- 寸
  - 一
  - 丶
  - 亅
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 时 as component

shí = sh + Ø2

see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

shì = sh + Ø4

to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]

shí = sh + Ø2

shad / Ilisha elongata

shí = sh + Ø2

hen roost

Words with 时

as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc

temporary worker; temp / temporary work

time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)

right away / quickly / immediately

tremendously popular for a while

outdated / out of luck

New York Times (newspaper)

time-lapse photography

Stone Age

USA Eastern Standard Time

requiring much time and effort

,

see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]

,

even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve

temporary caregiver / babysitter

trial separation

for a while

a little earlier

to travel through time

in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing

New York Times, abbr. for 紐約時報|纽约时报[Niu3 Yue1 Shi2 bao4]

Sentences with 时

zhè

shì

yǔ

wáng

zhì

shuǐ

shí

At the time when Yu the Great tamed the waters...