小时
xiǎo shí
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 小時
An hour, as a length of time. It is usually counted with the measure word 个: 一个小时 'an hour', 两个小时 'two hours', 半个小时 'half an hour'. The time on the clock uses 点 instead: 两点 is two o'clock, 两个小时 two hours.
Tiếng, giờ đồng hồ — tính như một khoảng thời gian. Thường đếm bằng lượng từ 个: 一个小时 (một tiếng), 两个小时 (hai tiếng), 半个小时 (nửa tiếng). Giờ trên đồng hồ thì dùng 点: 两点 là hai giờ, còn 两个小时 là hai tiếng — giống tiếng Việt phân biệt “giờ” với “tiếng”.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 时/時 = thời · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “小时” mean?
An hour, as a length of time. It is usually counted with the measure word 个: 一个小时 'an hour', 两个小时 'two hours', 半个小时 'half an hour'. The time on the clock uses 点 instead: 两点 is two o'clock, 两个小时 two hours. Literally: small hour
Is “小时” formal or informal?
小时 is generally neutral.