时态 (時態)
shí tài
Pinyin

Definition

时态 (時態)
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shí tài
  1. (verb) tense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

同时
tóng shí
  1. 1 at the same time
  2. 2 simultaneously
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
态度
tài du
  1. 1 manner
  2. 2 bearing
  3. 3 attitude
  4. 4 approach
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
时
Shí
  1. 1 surname Shi
时代
Shí dài
  1. 1 Time, US weekly news magazine

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
不识时务
bù shí shí wù
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!

Sample Sentences

中文不是“时态“语言，中文的动词本身不改变，只用助词来表示动作“还没发生”、“正在发生”或是“已经结束”。
Zhōngwén bùshì “shítài “yǔyán ，Zhōngwén de dòngcí běnshēn bù gǎibiàn ，zhī yòng zhù cí lái biǎoshì dòngzuò “hái méi fāshēng ”、“zhèngzài fāshēng ”huòshì “yǐjīng jiéshù ”。
Chinese is not a tense based language, the verbs in Chinese do not change. Instead, we have particles that help indicate whether an action has occurred, is occurring or has completed.
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不止没加“S”，你时态错得不少啊。你看这里，明明写了“at this time yesterday”，你应该用过去进行时啊，怎么会用“I am studying”呢？
bùzhǐ méi jiā “S ”，nǐ shítài cuò de bùshǎo a 。nǐ kàn zhèlǐ ，míngmíng xiě le “at this time yesterday ”，nǐ yīnggāi yòng guòqùjìnxíngshí a ，zénme huì yòng “I am studying ”ne ？
It wasn't limited to adding an "s", you made a lot of tense errors. Look at this. It's clearly written "at this time yesterday". You should use the past progressive tense. How could you write "I am studying"?
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主要是表示过去的一个时态然后会强调时间、地点等等。
zhǔyào shì biǎoshì guòqù de yī ge shítài ránhòu huì qiángdiào shíjiān 、dìdiǎn děngdeng 。
It's mainly used to express past tense and to emphasize time, place etc.
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