HSK 5 · Adjectives

时髦 shímáo “in vogue” in Chinese

Traditional 時髦

What 时髦 means

  1. in vogue
  2. fashionable

How to say 时髦

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale髦máo2nd tone, rising

时髦 in a sentence

  1. 短裙不时髦了。

    Duǎn qún bù shímáo le.

    Short skirts are out of fashion.

    Sentence #2675123 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要赶时髦。

    Búyào gǎn shímáo.

    Don’t just follow the trends.

    Sentence #770345 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 时髦 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 髦 (máo) with each of its parts in a different colour
髦máobang
  • 髟long hair · biāoMeaning part
  • 毛fur · máoSound part

髟 hints at the meaning (long hair); 毛 (máo) hints at the sound. Compare it with máo.

How to write 时髦

时 7 strokes · 髦 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 时髦

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

More words: Adjectives

善良shànliáng · good and honest深刻shēnkè · profound神秘shénmì · mysterious生动shēngdòng · vivid实用shíyòng · practical舒适shūshì · cosy熟练shúliàn · practised丝毫sīháo · the slightest amount or degree

FAQs

时髦 (shímáo) means “in vogue” or “fashionable”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shímáo: shí with a 2nd tone, then máo with a 2nd 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, 时髦 is written 時髦. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shimao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 时髦 from the suggestions. Typing shimao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
时髦 is an HSK 5 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.