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- {{Grammar Box}}
- By now you should now [["When" with "de shihou"|how to express "when" using "的时候" (de shíhou)]]. But there's also a slightly shorter, more formal way to do it: simply use 时 (shí) all by itself. (No 的!)
- == Structure ==
- <div class="jiegou">
- (Subj. +) Verb / Adj. + 时⋯⋯
- </div>
- As time words can appear [[Time words and word order|before or after the subject]], you can also place the ''Time + 时 (shí)'' after the subject.
- There are two great examples of this pattern in the poem below.
- 你
- 一会儿看我
- 一会儿看云
- 你看我时很远
- 你看云时很近
- == Examples ==
- <div class="liju">
- *考试 <em>时</em> 不要 说话 。<span class="pinyin">Kǎoshì <em>shí</em> bùyào shuōhuà.</span><span class="trans">When you take a test, don't talk.</span>
- *面试 <em>时</em> ，要 穿 得 正式 一点 。<span class="pinyin">Miànshì <em>shí</em>, yào chuān de zhèngshì yīdiǎn.</span><span class="trans">When you go to the interview, you have to dress a little more formally.</span>
- *会议 结束 <em>时</em> 老板 才 来 。<span class="pinyin">Huìyì jiéshù <em>shí</em> lǎobǎn cái lái.</span><span class="trans">The boss showed up when the meeting was over.</span>
- *我 生气 <em>时</em> 不 想 说话 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ shēngqì <em>shí</em> bù xiǎng shuōhuà.</span><span class="trans">I don't want to talk when I'm angry.</span>
- *他们 结婚 <em>时</em> 什么 都 没有 。<span class="pinyin">Tāmen jiéhūn <em>shí</em> shénme dōu méiyǒu.</span><span class="trans">They've got nothing when they got married.</span>
- *大学 毕业 <em>时</em> ，他们 分手 了 。<span class="pinyin">Dàxué bìyè <em>shí</em>, tāmen fēnshǒu le.</span><span class="trans">When they graduated, they broke up.</span>
- *飞机 起飞 <em>时</em> ，他 关 了 手机 和 电脑 。<span class="pinyin">Fēijī qǐfēi <em>shí</em>, tā guān le shǒujī hé diànnǎo.</span><span class="trans">When the plane took off, he turned off his cell phone and computer.</span>
- *他 去世 <em>时</em> 儿女 都 不 在 身边 。<span class="pinyin">Tā qùshì <em>shí</em> érnǚ dōu bù zài shēnbiān.</span><span class="trans">His parents weren't home when he passed away.</span>
- *我们 公司 成立 <em>时</em> 只有 三 个 人 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen gōngsī chénglì <em>shí</em> zhǐyǒu sān gè rén.</span><span class="trans">There were only three people when this company was founded.</span>
- *跟 父母 说话 <em>时</em> 不要 玩 手机 。<span class="pinyin">Gēn fùmǔ shuōhuà <em>shí</em> bùyào wán shǒujī.</span><span class="trans">Stop playing with your cell phone when you talk with your parents.</span>
- </div>
- ==See also==
- *[[Before a specific time]]
- *[[In the future in general]]
- *[[Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"]]
- == Sources and further reading ==
- === Books ===
- * [[Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar]] (pp. 24-5) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 →buy]
- * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)]] (pp. 293-4) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
- [[Category:B1 grammar points]]
- {{Used for|Expressing time and date}}
- {{Used for|Referring to simultaneous events}}
- {{Basic Grammar|时|B1|(Subj. +) Verb / Adj. + 时⋯⋯|你 看 云 <em>时</em> 很 近 。|grammar point|ASGGL59D}}
- {{Rel char|时候}}
- {{Rel char|的时候}}
- {{Similar|Before a specific time}}
- {{Similar|In the future in general}}
- {{Similar|"When" with "de shihou"}}
- {{Similar|Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"}}
- {{Similar|Comparing "yihou" and "deshihou"}}
- {{POS|Nouns}}
- {{Translation|when}}
- {{Translation|while}}
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