# 小时候 (xiǎoshíhou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小时候 (xiǎoshíhou) means “in one's childhood; when young”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in one's childhood; when young
- Pinyin: xiǎoshíhou (xiao3 shi2 hou5)
- Traditional: 小時候
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 我小时候住在这里。
  Wǒ xiǎoshíhou zhù zài zhèlǐ.
  I lived here in my childhood.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [时](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-time/) (shí): time; hour
- 候 (hòu): to wait; to inquire after

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-shi-hou-in-ones-childhood/

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