HSK 6 · Time

时光 shíguāng “time” in Chinese

Traditional 時光

What 时光 means

  1. time
  2. times
  3. days
  4. time (esp. as sth that passes)

How to say 时光

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale时shí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level

时光 in a sentence

  1. 希望你会享受在中国的时光。

    Xīwàng nǐ huì xiǎngshòu zài Zhōngguó de shíguāng.

    I hope you will enjoy your time in China.

    Sentence #1169522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这张照片让我想起童年的快乐时光。

    Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn ràng wǒ xiǎngqǐ tóngnián de kuàilè shíguāng.

    This photo reminds me of the happy times of my childhood.

    Sentence #332691 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我永远不会忘记我们共同度过的时光。

    Wǒ yǒngyuǎn bú huì wàngjì wǒmen gòngtóng dùguò de shíguāng.

    I’ll never forget the time we spent together.

    Sentence #10551876 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 时光 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 时 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
时shío’clock
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidThe sun 日 marks the time of day. In the full form 時, 寺 (sì) gave the sound.

The character 光 (guāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
光guānglight; ray
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 兀weak · wù

How to write 时光

时 7 strokes · 光 6 strokes

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时光 (shíguāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 时光 (shíguāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 时光

Words with 时

时候shíhou · time时shí · o’clock小时xiǎoshí · hour时间shíjiān · time有时yǒushí · sometimes小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood当时dāngshí · then平时píngshí · ordinarily同时tóngshí · at the same time暂时zànshí · temporary

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)目光mùguāng · gaze曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing风光fēngguāng · scenery

More words: Time & Sequence

期限qīxiàn · time limit时而shí'ér · sometimes时常shícháng · often世代shìdài · for generations时机shíjī · opportunity瞬间shùnjiān · instant随即suíjí · immediately岁月suìyuè · years

FAQs

时光 (shíguāng) means “time” or “times”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shíguāng: shí with a 2nd tone, then guāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 时光 is written 時光. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiguang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 时光 from the suggestions. Typing shiguang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
时光 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.