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小时

xiǎoshí
nounHSK 1

“Hour” in Chinese is 小时 (xiǎoshí).

Meaning

  • hour

Example

他学了两个小时。

He has been studying for two hours.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

个
used for hours
一个小时 (one hour)

Characters

More HSK 1 words

Not to be confused with: 消失 (xiāoshī, to disappear; to fade away)