有时(yǒu shí): sometimes
sometimes
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yǒu shí
- Meaning
- sometimes; now and then
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 有時
Example sentences
How 有时 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我们有时会做。
wǒ men yǒu shí huì zuò
Every now and then we do that.
那有时会发生。
nà yǒu shí huì fā shēng
Sometimes that happens.
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