Word: 时间 (shíjiān)

不会花很多时间的。

Búhuì huā hěn duō shíjiān de.

It won't take much time.

不要把皮肤长时间暴露在阳光里。

Búyào bǎ pífū zhǎng shíjiān bàolù zài yángguāng lǐ.

Skin shouldn't be exposed to sunlight for too long.

不要浪费时间。

Búyào làngfèi shíjiān.

Don't waste time.

中午时间不多，我们去吃快餐吧。

Zhōngwǔ shíjiān bù duō, wǒmen qù chī kuàicān ba.

We don't have much time at lunch, so let's grab a quick meal.

为什么我们在这上面浪费时间？

Wèishénme wǒmen zài zhè shàngmiàn làngfèi shíjiān?

Why are we wasting time with this?

为什么这个时间在外面呢？

Wèishénme zhège shíjiān zài wàimiàn ne?

Why are you out at this hour?

人们常说没有甚么比时间更重要。

Rénmen cháng shuō méiyǒu shénme bǐ shíjiān gèng zhòngyào.

It is often said that nothing is more precious than time.

什么时间你去工作？

Shénme shíjiān nǐ qù gōngzuò?

What time do you go to work?

今天时间过得好慢。

Jīntiān shíjiān guò de hǎo màn.

Time's going by slowly today.

从这里步行到你家要多长时间？

Cóng zhèlǐ bùxíng dào nǐ jiā yào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long does it take from here to your house on foot?

从这里步行到车站要多少时间？

Cóng zhèlǐ bùxíng dào chēzhàn yào duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long does it take to walk from here to the station?

他一辈子都在和时间赛跑。

Tā yíbèizi dōu zài hé shíjiān sàipǎo.

His life is a neverending race against time.

他们在不合适的时间来了。

Tāmen zài bù héshì de shíjiān láile.

They came at an inconvenient time.

他充分利用了剩余的时间。

Tā chōngfèn lìyòng le shèngyú de shíjiān.

He made the best of the time left.

他剩下的时间已经不多了。

Tā shèngxià de shíjiān yǐjīng bù duō le.

He doesn't have long to live.

他后悔浪费了他的时间。

Tā hòuhuǐ làngfèi le tā de shíjiān.

He regrets having wasted his time.

他在指定时间的五分钟后到了。

Tā zài zhǐdìng shíjiān de wǔ fēnzhōng hòu dàole.

He came five minutes behind the appointed time.

他在这儿住了有一段时间了。

Tā zài zhèr zhùle yǒu yíduàn shíjiān le.

He lived here for a time.

他应该花更多时间在这个研究上。

Tā yīnggāi huā gèng duō shíjiān zài zhège yánjiū shàng.

He should spend more time on this piece of research.

他当老师的时间不太长。

Tā dāng lǎoshī de shíjiān bú tài cháng.

He hasn't been a teacher for long.

他死后已经过了十年的时间了。

Tā sǐ hòu yǐjīng guò le shínián de shíjiān le.

Ten years have gone by since his death.

他等了很长时间。

Tā děng le hěn cháng shíjiān.

He was waiting a long time.

他等了很长的时间。

Tā děng le hěn cháng de shíjiān.

He was waiting for a long time.

他花了很多时间帮她。

Tā huāle hěn duō shíjiān bāng tā.

He spends a lot of time helping her.

任何时间我都可以。

Rènhé shíjiān wǒ dōu kěyǐ.

Any time will suit me.

休息时间我跟朋友一起玩剑玉。

Xiūxi shíjiān wǒ gēn péngyou yìqǐ wán jiàn yù.

During my break, I played kendama with my friend.

你会待多长时间？

Nǐ huì dài duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will you be staying?

你写这份报告花了多长时间？

Nǐ xiě zhè fèn bàogào huāle duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did it take you to write this report?

你后天有时间吗？

Nǐ hòutiān yǒu shíjiān ma?

Do you have time the day after tomorrow?

你在上海要住多少时间？

Nǐ zài Shànghǎi yào zhù duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long are you going to stay in Shanghai?

你在浪费我们时间。

Nǐ zài làngfèi wǒmen shíjiān.

You're wasting our time.

你在这家公司工作了多长时间了？

Nǐ zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuòle duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been working at this company?

你定时间我就到那里。

Nǐ dìng shíjiān wǒ jiù dào nàli.

Just name a time and I'll be there.

你应该考虑的第一件事是时间。

Nǐ yīnggāi kǎolǜ de dìyī jiàn shì shì shíjiān.

The first thing you have to take into consideration is time.

你打算长时间停留吗？

Nǐ dǎsuàn zhǎng shíjiān tíngliú ma?

Do you plan to stay long?

你时间多吗？

Nǐ shíjiān duō ma?

Do you have a lot of time?

你明天这个时间会在甚么地方？

Nǐ míngtiān zhège shíjiān huì zài shénme dìfāng?

Where will you be this time tomorrow?

你有很多休闲时间吗？

Nǐ yǒu hěn duō xiūxián shíjiān ma?

Do you have a lot of time to relax?

你有时间再做吧。

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān zài zuò ba.

Do it when you have time.

你有时间的时候就来看看我吧。

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān de shíhou jiù lái kànkan wǒ ba.

Come and see me when you have time.

你有时间跟我吃午饭吗？

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān gēn wǒ chī wǔfàn ma?

Will you have time to have lunch with me?

你有足够的时间。

Nǐ yǒu zúgòu de shíjiān.

You have plenty of time.

你有足够的时间赶上车。

Nǐ yǒu zúgòu de shíjiān gǎnshàng chē.

You have enough time to catch the train.

你来上海多少时间了？

Nǐ lái Shànghǎi duōshǎo shíjiān le?

For how long are you in Shanghai?

你每天工作多长时间？

Nǐ měitiān gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān?

How long do you work for each day?

你没有时间了。

Nǐ méiyǒu shíjiān le.

You don't have any more time.

你用了多少时间来翻译这本书？

Nǐ yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān lái fānyì zhè běn shū?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你的时间到了。

Nǐ de shíjiān dàole.

Your time is up.

你的时间快用完了。

Nǐ de shíjiān kuài yòng wánle.

Your time is running out.

你省了我好多时间。

Nǐ shěng le wǒ hǎoduō shíjiān.

You just saved me a lot of time.

你看完这本书要多少时间？

Nǐ kàn wán zhè běn shū yào duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long did it take you to finish reading that book?

你空闲时间喜欢做什么？

Nǐ kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

What do you like to do in your free time?

你等了多长时间?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did you wait?

你等了多长时间了?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been waiting?

你翻译这本书用了多少时间？

Nǐ fānyì zhè běn shū yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你花多长时间汉语学这么好。

Nǐ huā duō cháng shíjiān Hànyǔ xué zhème hǎo.

How much time did it take you to learn Chinese so well?

你认为野餐要多长时间？

Nǐ rènwéi yěcān yào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did you think the picnic was going to last?

做那事是浪费你的时间。

Zuò nà shì shì làngfèi nǐ de shíjiān.

Doing that is a waste of your time.

做饭太费时间了。

Zuòfàn tài fèi shíjiān le.

Cooking takes too much time.

再找时间吧。

Zài zhǎo shíjiān ba.

Let's do it another time.

决定好的话请第一时间告诉我。

Juédìng hǎo dehuà qǐng dìyī shíjiān gàosu wǒ.

Please let me know as soon as it's decided.

别急，时间还多着呢。

Bié jí, shíjiān hái duō zhe ne.

There's no need to panic. There's plenty of time.

别浪费时间。

Bié làngfèi shíjiān.

Don't waste your time.

到谈话的时间了。

Dào tánhuà de shíjiān le.

It's time to talk.

到那边需要多长时间？

Dào nàbian xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will it take to get there?

十年是很长的时间。

Shínián shì hěn cháng de shíjiān.

Ten years is a long time.

午餐时间到了。

Wǔcān shíjiān dàole.

It's lunch time.

吃饭时间到了。

Chīfàn shíjiān dàole.

Time for dinner.

咱们已经花了很久时间了。

Zánmen yǐjīng huāle hěn jiǔ shíjiān le.

We've already spent a lot of time on this.

啊，吃点心的时间到了。

A, chī diǎnxin de shíjiān dàole.

Ahhh, it's snack time.

在这一点上， 争论只是浪费时间。

Zài zhè yìdiǎn shàng, zhēnglùn zhǐshì làngfèi shíjiān.

On this point, it's a waste of time to argue.

培养政治意识要花费时间。

Péiyǎng zhèngzhì yìshí yào huāfèi shíjiān.

Developing political awareness takes time.

处理这件事要很长时间。

Chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì yào hěn cháng shíjiān.

It will take a long time to deal with this.

复原需要花很长的时间吗？

Fùyuán xūyào huā hěn cháng de shíjiān ma?

Will it take long to recover?

多长时间都没关系。

Duō cháng shíjiān dōu méiguānxi.

It doesn't matter how long it takes.

大概会花多少时间？

Dàgài huì huā duōshǎo shíjiān?

About how long will it take?

她在练钢琴上花了很多时间。

Tā zài liàn gāngqín shàng huāle hěn duō shíjiān.

She spent a lot of time practicing the piano.

她很长时间没见过他。

Tā hěn cháng shíjiān méi jiànguo tā.

She has not seen him for a long time.

她花了好长时间挑帽子。

Tā huāle hǎo cháng shíjiān tiāo màozi.

It took her a long time to choose a hat.

她花实在太多的时间在网上冲浪。

Tā huā shízài tài duō de shíjiān zài wǎngshàng chōnglàng.

She spends way too much time surfing the web.

她花很多时间练钢琴。

Tā huā hěn duō shíjiān liàn gāngqín.

She spends a lot of time practicing the piano.

如果你有时间的话，请过来一趟。

Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu shíjiān dehuà, qǐng guòlái yí tàng.

Please come over if you have time.

如果我们有多点时间就好了。

Rúguǒ wǒmen yǒu duō diǎn shíjiān jiù hǎole.

I wish we had more time.

如果我有时间我会来。

Rúguǒ wǒ yǒu shíjiān wǒ huì lái.

I will come, time permitting.

如果时间够了，我会做得更好。

Rúguǒ shíjiān gòu le, wǒ huì zuò de gèng hǎo.

I could have done better if I had had more time.

学世界语是浪费时间。

Xué Shìjièyǔ shì làngfèi shíjiān.

Esperanto is a waste of time.

学外语很费时间。

Xué wàiyǔ hěn fèi shíjiān.

To learn a foreign language requires a lot of time.

它不会花很长的时间。

Tā búhuì huā hěn cháng de shíjiān.

It won't take so long.

它本质上是一个时间的问题。

Tā běnzhì shàng shì yí gè shíjiān de wèntí.

It is essentially a question of time.

完成这个工作不会花太长时间。

Wánchéng zhège gōngzuò búhuì huā tài cháng shíjiān.

It won't take long to finish the job.

宝贵的时间已失去。

Bǎoguì de shíjiān yǐ shīqù.

Valuable time has been lost.

寄到这里需要多长时间？

Jì dào zhèlǐ xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will it take to post here?

尽量试着用好你的时间。

Jǐnliàng shìzhe yòng hǎo nǐ de shíjiān.

Try to make the most of your time.

已经很长一段时间了。

Yǐjīng hěn cháng yíduàn shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

已经花费了很多的时间和精力。

Yǐjīng huāfèi le hěn duō de shíjiān hé jīnglì.

A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.

已经过了很长时间了。

Yǐjīng guò le hěn cháng shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

很抱歉在这个时间打扰您。

Hěn bàoqiàn zài zhège shíjiān dǎrǎo nín.

I am sorry to bother you at this time.

快到晚饭时间了。

Kuài dào wǎnfàn shíjiān le.

It's about time for dinner.

总是觉得时间不够用。

Zǒngshì juéde shíjiān búgòu yòng.

I always feel that there isn't enough time.

您空闲时间喜欢做什么？

Nín kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

What do you like to do in your free time?