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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

有时 [yǒushí]
  1. 1. sometimes; at times; now and then
    有时也写几句诗。
    Sometimes he writes a few lines of poetry

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

有时 [yǒushí]
  1. 1. 有的时候,表示并非经常
    这里的天气有时刮风,有时下雨。

Examples

剧院有时也用来放映电影。
Occasionally theatres are used for film shows.
他的诗有时达到了晚清诗人的境界。
His poetry sometimes rises to the level of the late Qing poets.
人们的看法有时难免带片面性。
Sometimes people can't help being one-sided in their views.
有时战乱过后,病疫会随之而来。
Sometimes epidemic disease follows right after a war.
用吹拍的手段来取悦别人,有时也会碰钉子。
Flattering others so as to please them doesn't always work.
古时候,有时皇帝会出于政治的需要而把美丽的公主嫁给番邦国王。
In ancient times, the emperor would sometimes marry pretty princesses to foreign kings for political reasons.
他设计制图的时候,有时要用到方尺。
When designing and making charts, he sometimes has to use a one chi square.
他总是张口就放大炮,有时让人很难忍受。
He often talks in a bitter and frank way, which sometimes upsets people.

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nciku Note

Paired conjunctions as a conveyor of coordination

Paired conjunctions as a conveyor of coordination

A conjunction is a word or expression that acts as a transition between clauses and phrases in a complex sentence. For example: "不但……而且……" búdàn...érqiě... (not only … but also …), "如果……就……" rúguǒ...jiù... (if… then…), and "总而言之" zǒng'éryánzhī (all in all), where the first clause or phrase is connected to the following clause or phrase by a conjunction.

The paired conjunctions such as "又……又……" yòu...yòu..., "一面……一面……" yímiàn...yímiàn..., "不是……而是……" búshì...ér shì... , "既……又……" jì...yòu..., "一边……一边……" yìbiān...yìbiān... and "……还……" ...hái... are used to show coordination in sentence.
(1) 他抽烟,喝酒。
(2) 他一边吃饭,一边看电影。
(3) 他不是学生,而是老师。
(4) 他乱丢纸屑,随地吐痰。
(5) 他爱吃水果,爱吃蔬菜。

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