# 小时 (xiǎoshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小时 (xiǎoshí) means “hour”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hour
- Pinyin: xiǎoshí (xiao3 shi2)
- Traditional: 小時
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 我看了两个小时的书。
  Wǒ kànle liǎng gè xiǎoshí de shū.
  I read for two hours.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [时](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-time/) (shí): time; hour

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-shi-hour/

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