HSK 6 HSK V6
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时而

/ shíér /
Strokes

Definition

occasionally/from time to time

Example

As an Adverb

sometimes; from time to time; now and then

1
Tiānkōng
天空
shíér
时而
piāo
guò
duǒ
de
薄薄的
báiyún
白云
  

Every now and then fleecy clouds floated across the sky.

2
Shíér
时而
wàichū
外出
gòu
购物

go shopping sometimes

3
Shíér
时而
tíng
xiàlái
下来
huán
环顾
zhōu
四周

stop from time to time to look around

As an Adverb

[used reduplicatively] now ... now ...; sometimes ... sometimes ...

4
Tiān
天气
biànhuàcháng
变化无常
  
,
shíér
时而
qíngtiān
晴天
  
,
shíér
时而
xià
下雨
  

What changeable weather, fine one moment, raining the next.

5
Shíér
时而
hǎo
  
,
shíér
时而
huài

be good one moment and bad the next

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