，。
When I arrived home, he had already left.
How to pronounce 时
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
shí时
o'clock; time
HSK 2
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
shíSecond tone
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。
I usually sleep at nine.
。
We go fishing from time to time.
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ā First toneHigh and level
á Second toneRising
ǎ Third toneLow, then rising in isolation
à Fourth toneFalling
a Neutral toneShort and light
These are dictionary tones. In natural speech, tones can change with context. A third tone often stays low before another syllable.