I sometimes just don’t want to get out of bed in the morning.
Sentence #5640758 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 有时 is built
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有yǒuto have; there is
有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.
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.
How to write 有时
有 6 strokes · 时 7 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 有时 (yǒushí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
有时 (yǒushí) means “sometimes” or “now and then”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it yǒushí: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then shí 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, 有时 is written 有時. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有时 from the suggestions. Typing youshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有时 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.
有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
时shí2nd tone, rising
