# 时不时 (shíbùshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 时不时 (shíbùshí) means “from time to time; now and then”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: from time to time; now and then
- Pinyin: shíbùshí (shi2 bu4 shi2)
- Traditional: 時不時
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他时不时看一下手表。
  Tā shíbùshí kàn yīxià shǒubiǎo.
  He looks at his watch from time to time.

## Characters

- [时](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-time/) (shí): time; hour
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-bu-shi-from-time-time/

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