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时间

時間
shí jiān
HSK 1freq #127

Meanings

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shí jiān
  1. 1.(concept of) time
  2. 2.(duration of) time
  3. 3.(point in) time

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.time (the inevitable passing of events from past to present then future)
  2. 2.time (a measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time) (Classifier: 段 m)
  3. 3.a point in time
  4. 4.free time; leisure; spare time

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Etymology

For the modern sense of “time” (as opposed to “space”), reborrowed from Japanese 時間 (jikan, “time”).

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