什么时候 (什麼時候)
shén me shí hou
Pinyin

Definition

什么时候 (什麼時候)
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shén me shí hou
  1. when?
  2. at what time?

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

什么
shén me
  1. 1 what?
  2. 2 something
  3. 3 anything
时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
为什么
wèi shén me
  1. 1 why?
  2. 2 for what reason?
什么样
shén me yàng
  1. 1 what kind?
  2. 2 what sort?
  3. 3 what appearance?
问候
wèn hòu
  1. 1 to give one's respects
  2. 2 to send a greeting
  3. 3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)

Idioms (4)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
过时不候
guò shí bù hòu
  1. 1 being late is not acceptable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老公，你什么时候回家？
lǎogōng ，nǐ shénmeshíhòu huíjiā ？
Honey, when will you come home?
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可是咱们的夜生活什么时候结束，完全取决于地铁何时停运呀。
kěshì zánmen de yèshēnghuó shénmeshíhou jiéshù ，wánquán qǔjuéyú dìtiě héshí tíngyùn ya 。
However our nightlife is restricted to the time at which the metro station closes.
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但...疫情不知道什么时候停。
dàn ...yìqíng bù zhīdào shénmeshíhou tíng 。
But...we don’t know when the epidemic would stop.
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你什么时候开学？
nǐ shénmeshíhou kāixué ？
When does your semester start?
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