Word: 時間 (shíjiān)

不會花很多時間的。

Búhuì huā hěn duō shíjiān de.

It won't take much time.

不要把皮膚長時間暴露在陽光里。

Búyào bǎ pífū zhǎng shíjiān bàolù zài yángguāng lǐ.

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

不要浪費時間。

Búyào làngfèi shíjiān.

Don't waste time.

中午時間不多，我們去吃快餐吧。

Zhōngwǔ shíjiān bù duō, wǒmen qù chī kuàicān ba.

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

為什麼我們在這上面浪費時間？

Wèishénme wǒmen zài zhè shàngmiàn làngfèi shíjiān?

Why are we wasting time with this?

為什麼這個時間在外面呢？

Wèishénme zhège shíjiān zài wàimiàn ne?

Why are you out at this hour?

人們常說沒有甚麼比時間更重要。

Rénmen cháng shuō méiyǒu shénme bǐ shíjiān gèng zhòngyào.

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

什麼時間你去工作？

Shénme shíjiān nǐ qù gōngzuò?

What time do you go to work?

今天時間過得好慢。

Jīntiān shíjiān guò de hǎo màn.

Time's going by slowly today.

從這裡步行到你家要多長時間？

Cóng zhèlǐ bùxíng dào nǐ jiā yào duō cháng shíjiān?

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

從這裡步行到車站要多少時間？

Cóng zhèlǐ bùxíng dào chēzhàn yào duōshǎo shíjiān?

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

他一輩子都在和時間賽跑。

Tā yíbèizi dōu zài hé shíjiān sàipǎo.

His life is a neverending race against time.

他們在不合適的時間來了。

Tāmen zài bù héshì de shíjiān láile.

They came at an inconvenient time.

他充分利用了剩餘的時間。

Tā chōngfèn lìyòng le shèngyú de shíjiān.

He made the best of the time left.

他剩下的時間已經不多了。

Tā shèngxià de shíjiān yǐjīng bù duō le.

He doesn't have long to live.

他後悔浪費了他的時間。

Tā hòuhuǐ làngfèi le tā de shíjiān.

He regrets having wasted his time.

他在指定時間的五分鐘後到了。

Tā zài zhǐdìng shíjiān de wǔ fēnzhōng hòu dàole.

He came five minutes behind the appointed time.

他在這兒住了有一段時間了。

Tā zài zhèr zhùle yǒu yíduàn shíjiān le.

He lived here for a time.

他應該花更多時間在這個研究上。

Tā yīnggāi huā gèng duō shíjiān zài zhège yánjiū shàng.

He should spend more time on this piece of research.

他當老師的時間不太長。

Tā dāng lǎoshī de shíjiān bú tài cháng.

He hasn't been a teacher for long.

他死後已經過了十年的時間了。

Tā sǐ hòu yǐjīng guò le shínián de shíjiān le.

Ten years have gone by since his death.

他等了很長時間。

Tā děng le hěn cháng shíjiān.

He was waiting a long time.

他等了很長的時間。

Tā děng le hěn cháng de shíjiān.

He was waiting for a long time.

他花了很多時間幫她。

Tā huāle hěn duō shíjiān bāng tā.

He spends a lot of time helping her.

任何時間我都可以。

Rènhé shíjiān wǒ dōu kěyǐ.

Any time will suit me.

休息時間我跟朋友一起玩劍玉。

Xiūxi shíjiān wǒ gēn péngyou yìqǐ wán jiàn yù.

During my break, I played kendama with my friend.

你會待多長時間？

Nǐ huì dài duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will you be staying?

你寫這份報告花了多長時間？

Nǐ xiě zhè fèn bàogào huāle duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did it take you to write this report?

你後天有時間嗎？

Nǐ hòutiān yǒu shíjiān ma?

Do you have time the day after tomorrow?

你在上海要住多少時間？

Nǐ zài Shànghǎi yào zhù duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long are you going to stay in Shanghai?

你在浪費我們時間。

Nǐ zài làngfèi wǒmen shíjiān.

You're wasting our time.

你在這家公司工作了多長時間了？

Nǐ zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuòle duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been working at this company?

你定時間我就到那裡。

Nǐ dìng shíjiān wǒ jiù dào nàli.

Just name a time and I'll be there.

你應該考慮的第一件事是時間。

Nǐ yīnggāi kǎolǜ de dìyī jiàn shì shì shíjiān.

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

你打算長時間停留嗎？

Nǐ dǎsuàn zhǎng shíjiān tíngliú ma?

Do you plan to stay long?

你時間多嗎？

Nǐ shíjiān duō ma?

Do you have a lot of time?

你明天這個時間會在甚麼地方？

Nǐ míngtiān zhège shíjiān huì zài shénme dìfāng?

Where will you be this time tomorrow?

你有很多休閒時間嗎？

Nǐ yǒu hěn duō xiūxián shíjiān ma?

Do you have a lot of time to relax?

你有時間再做吧。

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān zài zuò ba.

Do it when you have time.

你有時間的時候就來看看我吧。

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān de shíhou jiù lái kànkan wǒ ba.

Come and see me when you have time.

你有時間跟我吃午飯嗎？

Nǐ yǒu shíjiān gēn wǒ chī wǔfàn ma?

Will you have time to have lunch with me?

你有足夠的時間。

Nǐ yǒu zúgòu de shíjiān.

You have plenty of time.

你有足夠的時間趕上車。

Nǐ yǒu zúgòu de shíjiān gǎnshàng chē.

You have enough time to catch the train.

你來上海多少時間了？

Nǐ lái Shànghǎi duōshǎo shíjiān le?

For how long are you in Shanghai?

你每天工作多長時間？

Nǐ měitiān gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān?

How long do you work for each day?

你沒有時間了。

Nǐ méiyǒu shíjiān le.

You don't have any more time.

你用了多少時間來翻譯這本書？

Nǐ yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān lái fānyì zhè běn shū?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你的時間到了。

Nǐ de shíjiān dàole.

Your time is up.

你的時間快用完了。

Nǐ de shíjiān kuài yòng wánle.

Your time is running out.

你省了我好多時間。

Nǐ shěng le wǒ hǎoduō shíjiān.

You just saved me a lot of time.

你看完這本書要多少時間？

Nǐ kàn wán zhè běn shū yào duōshǎo shíjiān?

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

你空閒時間喜歡做什麼？

Nǐ kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

What do you like to do in your free time?

你等了多長時間?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did you wait?

你等了多長時間了?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been waiting?

你翻譯這本書用了多少時間？

Nǐ fānyì zhè běn shū yòng le duōshǎo shíjiān?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

你花多長時間漢語學這麼好。

Nǐ huā duō cháng shíjiān Hànyǔ xué zhème hǎo.

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

你認為野餐要多長時間？

Nǐ rènwéi yěcān yào duō cháng shíjiān?

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

做那事是浪費你的時間。

Zuò nà shì shì làngfèi nǐ de shíjiān.

Doing that is a waste of your time.

做飯太費時間了。

Zuòfàn tài fèi shíjiān le.

Cooking takes too much time.

再找時間吧。

Zài zhǎo shíjiān ba.

Let's do it another time.

決定好的話請第一時間告訴我。

Juédìng hǎo dehuà qǐng dìyī shíjiān gàosu wǒ.

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

別急，時間還多著呢。

Bié jí, shíjiān hái duō zhe ne.

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

別浪費時間。

Bié làngfèi shíjiān.

Don't waste your time.

到談話的時間了。

Dào tánhuà de shíjiān le.

It's time to talk.

到那邊需要多長時間？

Dào nàbian xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will it take to get there?

十年是很長的時間。

Shínián shì hěn cháng de shíjiān.

Ten years is a long time.

午餐時間到了。

Wǔcān shíjiān dàole.

It's lunch time.

吃飯時間到了。

Chīfàn shíjiān dàole.

Time for dinner.

咱們已經花了很久時間了。

Zánmen yǐjīng huāle hěn jiǔ shíjiān le.

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

啊，吃點心的時間到了。

A, chī diǎnxin de shíjiān dàole.

Ahhh, it's snack time.

在這一點上， 爭論只是浪費時間。

Zài zhè yìdiǎn shàng, zhēnglùn zhǐshì làngfèi shíjiān.

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

培養政治意識要花費時間。

Péiyǎng zhèngzhì yìshí yào huāfèi shíjiān.

Developing political awareness takes time.

處理這件事要很長時間。

Chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì yào hěn cháng shíjiān.

It will take a long time to deal with this.

復原需要花很長的時間嗎？

Fùyuán xūyào huā hěn cháng de shíjiān ma?

Will it take long to recover?

多長時間都沒關係。

Duō cháng shíjiān dōu méiguānxi.

It doesn't matter how long it takes.

大概會花多少時間？

Dàgài huì huā duōshǎo shíjiān?

About how long will it take?

她在練鋼琴上花了很多時間。

Tā zài liàn gāngqín shàng huāle hěn duō shíjiān.

She spent a lot of time practicing the piano.

她很長時間沒見過他。

Tā hěn cháng shíjiān méi jiànguo tā.

She has not seen him for a long time.

她花了好長時間挑帽子。

Tā huāle hǎo cháng shíjiān tiāo màozi.

It took her a long time to choose a hat.

她花實在太多的時間在網上衝浪。

Tā huā shízài tài duō de shíjiān zài wǎngshàng chōnglàng.

She spends way too much time surfing the web.

她花很多時間練鋼琴。

Tā huā hěn duō shíjiān liàn gāngqín.

She spends a lot of time practicing the piano.

如果你有時間的話，請過來一趟。

Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu shíjiān dehuà, qǐng guòlái yí tàng.

Please come over if you have time.

如果我們有多點時間就好了。

Rúguǒ wǒmen yǒu duō diǎn shíjiān jiù hǎole.

I wish we had more time.

如果我有時間我會來。

Rúguǒ wǒ yǒu shíjiān wǒ huì lái.

I will come, time permitting.

如果時間夠了，我會做得更好。

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

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

學世界語是浪費時間。

Xué Shìjièyǔ shì làngfèi shíjiān.

Esperanto is a waste of time.

學外語很費時間。

Xué wàiyǔ hěn fèi shíjiān.

To learn a foreign language requires a lot of time.

它不會花很長的時間。

Tā búhuì huā hěn cháng de shíjiān.

It won't take so long.

它本質上是一個時間的問題。

Tā běnzhì shàng shì yí gè shíjiān de wèntí.

It is essentially a question of time.

完成這個工作不會花太長時間。

Wánchéng zhège gōngzuò búhuì huā tài cháng shíjiān.

It won't take long to finish the job.

寶貴的時間已失去。

Bǎoguì de shíjiān yǐ shīqù.

Valuable time has been lost.

寄到這裡需要多長時間？

Jì dào zhèlǐ xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will it take to post here?

儘量試著用好你的時間。

Jǐnliàng shìzhe yòng hǎo nǐ de shíjiān.

Try to make the most of your time.

已經很長一段時間了。

Yǐjīng hěn cháng yíduàn shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

已經花費了很多的時間和精力。

Yǐjīng huāfèi le hěn duō de shíjiān hé jīnglì.

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

已經過了很長時間了。

Yǐjīng guò le hěn cháng shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

很抱歉在這個時間打擾您。

Hěn bàoqiàn zài zhège shíjiān dǎrǎo nín.

I am sorry to bother you at this time.

快到晚飯時間了。

Kuài dào wǎnfàn shíjiān le.

It's about time for dinner.

總是覺得時間不夠用。

Zǒngshì juéde shíjiān búgòu yòng.

I always feel that there isn't enough time.

您空閒時間喜歡做什麼？

Nín kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

What do you like to do in your free time?