HSK 5 · Clothing

时尚 shíshàng “fashion” in Chinese

Traditional 時尚

What 时尚 means

  1. fashion
  2. fad
  3. fashionable

How to say 时尚

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale尚shàng4th tone, falling

时尚 in a sentence

  1. 今年的时尚潮流完全不同于去年。

    Jīnnián de shíshàng cháoliú wánquán bùtóng yú qùnián.

    This year’s fashions are completely different from last year’s.

    Sentence #1324897 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 跟上最近潮流时尚是件非常花钱的事儿。

    Gēnshàng zuìjìn cháoliú shíshàng shì jiàn fēicháng huāqián de shìr.

    Keeping up with the latest fashions is very expensive.

    Sentence #1235508 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她很了解最新的时尚趋势。

    Tā hěn liǎojiě zuìxīn de shíshàng qūshì.

    She knows a lot about the latest fashion trends.

    Sentence #5372278 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 时尚 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 尚 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
尚shàngstill
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 时尚

时 7 strokes · 尚 8 strokes

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

Words related to 时尚

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 尚

高尚gāoshàng · noble尚且shàngqiě · even礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity

More words: Clothing & Appearance

耳环ěrhuán · earring服装fúzhuāng · dress戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans手套shǒutào · glove围巾wéijīn · scarf项链xiàngliàn · necklace辫子biànzi · plait

FAQs

时尚 (shíshàng) means “fashion” or “fad”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shíshàng: shí with a 2nd tone, then shàng with a 4th 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, 时尚 is written 時尚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shishang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 时尚 from the suggestions. Typing shishang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
时尚 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.