小时 (xiǎoshí) — hour

小时 (xiǎoshí)

小时 means hour, the unit of time equal to 60 minutes. It is the standard word for duration. Do not confuse it with 时候 (shíhou, time/moment) or 时间 (shíjiān, time as a concept). 小时 always refers to a count of hours.

Meanings

1. [noun] Hour (a unit of time, 60 minutes).

Example Sentences

我每天学习两个小时。 Wǒ měitiān xuéxí liǎng gè xiǎoshí. I study for two hours every day.

从这里到北京要三个小时。 Cóng zhèlǐ dào Běijīng yào sān gè xiǎoshí. It takes three hours to get from here to Beijing.

他等了一个多小时。 Tā děng le yī gè duō xiǎoshí. He waited for over an hour.

这部电影有两个小时。 Zhè bù diànyǐng yǒu liǎng gè xiǎoshí. This movie is two hours long.

Collocations

Memory Hook

小 means small and 时 means time. An hour is a small unit of time carved out from the larger day. Line up 24 of these small-time blocks and you have a full day.