计 时

jìshí

“To measure time” in Chinese is 计时 (jìshí).

Meaning

to measure time
to time
to reckon by time

Example

计时器有在走吗？

Is the timer running?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jìHSK 24 strokesto calculate shíHSK 17 strokeso'clock

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 纪实 (jìshí, record of actual events) · 及时 (jíshí, timely; at the right time) · 即使 (jíshǐ, even if; even though)