适 时

shìshí

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Timely” in Chinese is 适时 (shìshí).

Meaning

timely
apt to the occasion
in due course

Example

听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。

I hear that keeping yourself hydrated at appropriate times can help prevent heatstroke.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shìHSK 29 strokesto fit shíHSK 17 strokeso'clock

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 逝世 (shìshì, to pass away) · 事实 (shìshí, fact) · 时事 (shíshì, current trends; the present situation; how things are going) · 时时 (shíshí, often) · 实施 (shíshī, to implement)