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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 时刻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时刻 shí kè - time
- juncture
- moment
- period of time
- CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]
- constantly
- always

List Ranking for: 时刻

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 1,224 2,187 1,685

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
时 shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时 shí- surname Shi
时 shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
刻 kè- quarter (hour)
- moment
- to carve
- to engrave
- to cut
- oppressive
- classifier for short time intervals

Other Words Containing 时刻

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
时刻 5 5 1,224 2,187 1,685
时时刻刻 - - 14,301 21,509 12,382
时刻表 - - 21,784 45,449 32,428