What does 小时 mean in Chinese?

小时 (xiǎo shí) means "hour" in Chinese.

小时

Q: How do you use 小时 in a sentence?

我等了一个小时。 (Wǒ děng le yí gè xiǎoshí.) — I waited for an hour.

Pinyin: xiǎo shí

hour

🏮 Chinese HSK 2 🔢 Numbers & Measure

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我等了一个小时。

Wǒ děng le yí gè xiǎoshí.

I waited for an hour.

What 小时 means

小时 (xiǎo shí) is a Chinese word meaning “hour”. It belongs to the Numbers & Measure topic and appears at HSK 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 2

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