小时 (xiǎo shí)

Chinese · hour

Baby Dragon · 龙宝宝 (10)

  1. An hour has 60 minutes.

  2. He spoke for one hour.

  3. She slept for a few hours.

  4. He left an hour ago.

  5. He has been studying for two hours.

  6. I waited for five hours.

  7. For how many hours do I have to listen?

  8. I waited for three hours.

  9. I slept just two hours.

  10. I work long hours.

Beginner · 入门 (10)

  1. I always got up early in my childhood.

  2. I've already been here two hours.

  3. I have already waited for half an hour.

  4. I studied for one hour.

  5. I only slept for three hours.

  6. He's been asleep for ten hours now.

  7. He came home three hours later.

  8. I talked with her for an hour.

  9. He has been waiting for an hour.

  10. The film lasted 2 hours.

Intermediate · 中级 (10)

  1. This morning I got up an hour earlier than usual.

  2. It took me 2 hours to finish the essay.

  3. After walking for an hour, we stopped to take a rest.

  4. My toothache returned in a few hours.

  5. The man kept talking for an hour.

  6. They haven't slept for forty-eight hours.

  7. Tom very often takes a nap for an hour after lunch.

  8. I work for three hours every Sunday morning.

  9. This medicine should be taken every three hours.

  10. The concert lasted about three hours.

Advanced · 高级 (10)

  1. After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.

  2. You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.

  3. I have to go shopping. I'll be back in an hour.

  4. Due to bad weather, the plane arrived three hours late.

  5. I used to play alone when I was a child.

  6. This afternoon I have English class for two hours and then two hours of Chinese.

  7. I waited for the bus in the snow as long as two hours.

  8. Normally I might study Chinese characters for an hour a day.

  9. Tom always feels hungry at least one hour before lunch.

  10. In towns, speed is limited to 50 km/h.

Master Dragon · 龙师父 (10)

  1. About how many hours does it take to get to Australia from here?

  2. She should be there now because she left an hour ago.

  3. Tokyo, which is the largest city in Japan, is awake 24 hours.

  4. It takes eight hours to fly from Zurich to Boston, but only six for the return trip.

  5. Tom was exposed to a wide variety of music as a child through his mother's vast record collection.

  6. The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.

  7. I had chicken pox when I was a kid.

  8. Your heart has been working twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year since you were born, and it has never asked for or charged you anything in return.

  9. Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes.

  10. When I left home in my younger days, grandpa always told me, "May you have an upwind journey!" It was only when I grew up did I realise that I was the high-flying kite in his eyes.