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何时 (hé shí): When (pronoun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

何时 consists of 2 characters.

what, how, why, which

time; season; period

Word Info

Pinyinhé shí

Meaningwhen

Characters2

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HSK 3.0—

Syntaxpronoun

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3.

Example Sentences with 何时

zhè这

chǎng场

fēng风

bō波

hé何

shí时

cái才

néng能

chè彻

dǐ底

píng平

xī息

？

When will this turmoil be completely quelled?

nǐ你

men们

jì计

huà划

hé何

shí时

yǔ与

yuǎn远

fāng方

zhèng政

fǔ府

hé何

shí时

huì会

pī披

lù露

zhè这

xiàng项

nǐ你

zhī知

dào道

zhè这

běn本

zá杂

zhì志

shì是

hé何

shí

nǐ你

dǎ打

suàn算

hé何

shí时

zhuó着

shǒu手

chǔ处

lǐ理

nǐ你

jì计

huà划

hé何

shí时

chóng重

fǎn返

xiào校

yuán园

nǐ你

jué觉

de得

quán全

qiú球

jīng经

jì济

hé何

shí时

nǐ你

néng能

fǒu否

yù预

cè测

xià下

yì一

chǎng场

chōng冲

tū

nǐ你

néng能

fǒu否

bāng帮

wǒ我

dǎ打

tīng听

yí一

xià下

，

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

biǎo表

xiàn现

chū出

duì对

rèn任

hé何

shí

de

的

qīn亲

rén人

tuán团

jù聚

ne呢

？

When do you plan to reunite with your distant relatives?

zhèng

政

cè策

de的

xiáng详

xì细

nèi内

róng容

？

When will the government disclose the detailed content of this policy?

时

shǒu首

cì次

chū出

bǎn版

de的

ma吗

？

Do you know when this magazine was first published?

zhè

这

ge个

jí棘

shǒu手

de的

xiàng项

mù目

？

When do you plan to set about handling this tricky project?

，

jì继

xù续

wán完

chéng成

xué学

yè业

ne呢

？

When do you plan to return to campus to continue your studies?

cái

才

néng能

shí实

xiàn现

quán全

miàn面

fù复

sū苏

ne呢

？

When do you think the global economy can achieve a full recovery?

突

jiāng将

zài在

hé何

shí时

hé何

dì地

bào爆

fā发

？

Can you predict when and where the next conflict will break out?

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

hé何

shí时

qǐ启

dòng动

？

Could you help me inquire about when this project will start?

时

shàng尚

cháo潮

liú流

kuáng狂

rè热

de的

zhuī追

suí随

。

He has never shown fervent pursuit of any fashion trend.

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 何时.

Words with 何

任何rèn héHSK 4
何况hé kuàngHSK 5
何必hé bìHSK 5
如何rú héHSK 5
为何wèi héHSK 6
何止hé zhǐHSK 7-9
何等hé děngHSK 7-9
何苦hé kǔHSK 7-9

Words with 时

时候shí houHSK 1
小时xiǎo shíHSK 2
时间shí jiānHSK 2
有时yǒu shíHSK 2
小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2
准时zhǔn shíHSK 4
及时jí shíHSK 4
同时

tóng shí

HSK 4