Time, dates & frequency

Clock words, days, months, seasons and how often.

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Word list: Time, dates & frequency

Clock words, days, months, seasons and how often. Below you'll find all 166 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
点	點	diǎn	a dot	HSK 1
分钟	分鐘	fēnzhōng	minute	HSK 1
号	號	hào	number	HSK 1
今天		jīntiān	today	HSK 1
明天		míngtiān	tomorrow	HSK 1
年		nián	year	HSK 1
上午		shàngwǔ	late morning	HSK 1
时候	時候	shíhou	time	HSK 1
岁	歲	suì	years old	HSK 1
下午		xiàwǔ	afternoon	HSK 1
现在	現在	xiànzài	now	HSK 1
星期		xīngqī	week	HSK 1
月		yuè	moon	HSK 1
中午		zhōngwǔ	noon	HSK 1
昨天		zuótiān	yesterday	HSK 1
去年		qùnián	last year	HSK 2
日		rì	sun	HSK 2
生日		shēngrì	birthday	HSK 2
时间	時間	shíjiān	time	HSK 2
晚上		wǎnshang	evening	HSK 2
小时	小時	xiǎoshí	hour	HSK 2
早上		zǎoshang	morning	HSK 2
迟到	遲到	chídào	arrive late	HSK 3
刚才	剛才	gāngcái	just now	HSK 3
过去	過去	guòqù	in the past	HSK 3
后来	后來	hòulái	afterwards	HSK 3
久		jiǔ	long	HSK 3
刻		kè	quarter	HSK 3
马上	馬上	mǎshàng	at once	HSK 3
先		xiān	first	HSK 3
一会儿	一會兒	yíhuìr	a while	HSK 3
以前		yǐqián	before	HSK 3
周末		zhōumò	weekend	HSK 3
最后		zuìhòu	last	HSK 3
最近		zuìjìn	recently	HSK 3
按时	按時	ànshí	on time	HSK 4
当时	當時	dāngshí	then	HSK 4
刚	剛	gāng	just	HSK 4
假		jiǎ, jià	fake	HSK 4
将来	將來	jiānglái	the future	HSK 4
节	節	jié	section	HSK 4
来不及	來不及	lái bu jí	there's not enough time	HSK 4
来得及	來得及	lái de jí	there's still time	HSK 4
礼拜天	禮拜天	lǐbàitiān	Sunday	HSK 4
秒		miǎo	second	HSK 4
偶尔	偶爾	ǒu'ěr	occasionally	HSK 4
平时	平時	píngshí	ordinarily	HSK 4
世纪	世紀	shìjì	century	HSK 4
提前		tíqián	shift to an earlier date	HSK 4
同时	同時	tóngshí	at the same time	HSK 4
推迟	推遲	tuīchí	postpone	HSK 4
往往		wǎngwǎng	often	HSK 4
永远	永遠	yǒngyuǎn	forever	HSK 4
约会	約會	yuēhuì	appointment	HSK 4
暂时	暫時	zànshí	temporary	HSK 4
准时	准時	zhǔnshí	punctually	HSK 4
傍晚		bàngwǎn	in the evening	HSK 5
曾经	曾經	céngjīng	once	HSK 5
迟早	遲早	chízǎo	sooner or later	HSK 5
持续	持續	chíxù	continue	HSK 5
从此	從此	cóngcǐ	from now on	HSK 5
从前	從前	cóngqián	previously	HSK 5
耽误	耽誤	dānwu	to delay	HSK 5
度过	度過	dùguò	spend	HSK 5
公元		gōngyuán	AD or CE	HSK 5
古代		gǔdài	ancient times	HSK 5
过期	過期	guòqī	overdue	HSK 5
近代		jìndài	modern times	HSK 5
空闲	空閑	kòngxián	leisure	HSK 5
立即		lìjí	immediately	HSK 5
立刻		lìkè	immediately	HSK 5
连忙	連忙	liánmáng	promptly	HSK 5
连续	連續	liánxù	continually	HSK 5
临时	臨時	línshí	temporary	HSK 5
陆续	陸續	lùxù	in turn	HSK 5
目前		mùqián	at present	HSK 5
年代		niándài	decade	HSK 5
年纪	年紀	niánjì	age	HSK 5
平常		píngcháng	ordinary	HSK 5
期间	期間	qījiān	period of time	HSK 5
青春		qīngchūn	youth	HSK 5
日常		rìcháng	daily	HSK 5
日程		rìchéng	schedule	HSK 5
日历	日曆	rìlì	calendar	HSK 5
日期		rìqī	date	HSK 5
日子		rìzi	days	HSK 5
如今		rújīn	nowadays	HSK 5
时差	時差	shíchā	jetlag	HSK 5
时代	時代	shídài	age	HSK 5
时刻	時刻	shíkè	moment	HSK 5
时期	時期	shíqī	period in time or history	HSK 5
始终	始終	shǐzhōng	from beginning to end	HSK 5
事先		shìxiān	in advance	HSK 5
随时	隨時	suíshí	at any time	HSK 5
缩短	縮短	suōduǎn	shorten	HSK 5
通常		tōngcháng	regular	HSK 5
未来	未來	wèilái	future	HSK 5
现代	現代	xiàndài	modern times	HSK 5
延长	延長	yáncháng	extend	HSK 5
夜		yè	night	HSK 5
一辈子	一輩子	yíbèizi	a lifetime	HSK 5
以来	以來	yǐlái	since	HSK 5
悠久		yōujiǔ	established	HSK 5
至今		zhì jīn	up to now	HSK 5
中旬		zhōngxún	middle third of a month	HSK 5
最初		zuìchū	first	HSK 5
不时	不時	bùshí	frequently	HSK 6
刹那		chànà	an instant	HSK 6
成天		chéngtiān	all day long	HSK 6
持久		chíjiǔ	duration	HSK 6
诞辰	誕辰	dànchén	birthday	HSK 6
当场	當場	dāngchǎng	at the scene	HSK 6
当初	當初	dāngchū	at that time	HSK 6
当代	當代	dāngdài	present day	HSK 6
当前	當前	dāngqián	current	HSK 6
定期		dìngqī	regularly	HSK 6
短促		duǎncù	short in time duration	HSK 6
顿时	頓時	dùnshí	immediately	HSK 6
黄昏	黃昏	huánghūn	dusk	HSK 6
及早		jízǎo	as soon as possible	HSK 6
即将	即將	jíjiāng	will shortly	HSK 6
季度		jìdù	quarter	HSK 6
接连	接連	jiēlián	one after another	HSK 6
截止		jiézhǐ	end	HSK 6
截至		jiézhì	up until	HSK 6
近来	近來	jìnlái	recently	HSK 6
黎明		límíng	dawn	HSK 6
连年	連年	liánnián	successive years	HSK 6
凌晨	淩晨	língchén	early in the morning	HSK 6
漫长	漫長	màncháng	very long	HSK 6
年度		niándù	year	HSK 6
农历	農曆	nónglì	agricultural calendar	HSK 6
片刻		piànkè	a short period of time	HSK 6
期限		qīxiàn	time limit	HSK 6
起初		qǐchū	at first	HSK 6
迄今为止	迄今爲止	qìjīnwéizhǐ	until now	HSK 6
清晨		qīngchén	early morning	HSK 6
时光	時光	shíguāng	time	HSK 6
时机	時機	shíjī	opportune time	HSK 6
世代		shìdài	for generations	HSK 6
瞬间	瞬間	shùnjiān	in the twinkling of an eye	HSK 6
随即	隨即	suíjí	immediately	HSK 6
岁月	歲月	suìyuè	the years of a person's life	HSK 6
拖延		tuōyán	prolong	HSK 6
往常		wǎngcháng	habitually in the past	HSK 6
往事		wǎngshì	the past events	HSK 6
为期	爲期	wéiqī	be scheduled for	HSK 6
昔日		xīrì	formerly	HSK 6
先前		xiānqián	before	HSK 6
延期		yán qī	delay	HSK 6
延续	延續	yánxù	continue	HSK 6
一度		yídù	for a time	HSK 6
以往		yǐwǎng	in the past	HSK 6
预先	預先	yùxiān	beforehand	HSK 6
原先		yuánxiān	former	HSK 6
暂且	暫且	zànqiě	for the moment	HSK 6
正月		zhēngyuè	the first month of the lunar calendar	HSK 6
之际	之際	zhījì	during	HSK 6
周年		zhōunián	anniversary	HSK 6
昼夜	晝夜	zhòuyè	day and night	HSK 6
逐年		zhúnián	year after year	HSK 6
作息		zuòxī	work and rest	HSK 6
周一	週一	zhōuyī	Monday	Daily life
星期天		xīngqītiān	Sunday	Daily life
一点	一點	yìdiǎn	one o'clock	Daily life
几点	幾點	jǐ diǎn	what time?	Daily life

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