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xiǎo shí
n. hour
80%     120%

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
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shàng wú ní děng le duō shao xiǎo shí ?
phr. How many hours did you wait this morning?
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tā men yí gè xiǎo shí hē guāng le yì dá pí jiǔ .
phr. They emptied a dozen of bottles of beer within an hour.
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měi cì chū mén zhī qián, tā dōu yào huā yí gè xiǎo shí huà zhuāng .
phr. It takes her one hour to put on make up every time before she goes out.
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shí gè xiǎo shí yǐ hòu tā men zhōng yú dào dá le mù dì dì .
phr. Ten hours later they finally arrived at their destination.
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tā zhǐ huā le bàn gè xiǎo shí jiù bá suó yǒu de hàn zì dōu jì zhù le .
phr. It only took her half an hour to remember all the characters.
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cóng běi jīng dào tiān jīn wáng fǎn yào sān gè xiǎo shí .
phr. It takes three hours to go to Tianjin from Beijing and back.
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huì yì kāi shǐ shí jiān tí qián yì xiǎo shí, tè cǐ tōng zhī .
phr. It is hereby announced that the meeting will be held one hour ahead of schedule.
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zài shì qū xiàn yǐ nèi chē sù bù néng chāo guò méi xiǎo shí sān shí wǔ yīng lǐ
phr. Cars cannot exceed 35 miles per hour within city limits.
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zhéng cháng yǎn chū jiāng chí xù liǎng gè xiǎo shí, bāo kuò zhōng jiān xiū xi .
phr. This performance will run for two hours including an intermission.
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lǜ shī huā le liǎng ge xiǎo shí xùn wèn zhèng rén .
phr. The lawyer took two hours to interrogate the witness.
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cóng zhè lǐ dào tā jiā dà yuē yǒu sān gè xiǎo shí de lù chéng
phr. From here to his home it's about a three hours journey.
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wǒ zú zú děng le tā wǔ gè xiǎo shí
phr. I waited for him for five full hours.
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wǒ yào tīng bàn xiǎo shí de yīn yuè
phr. I want to listen to the music for half an hour.