历时 (lì shí) — to last, to take (a period of time); (adjective) diachronic; relating to historical development (especially in linguistics)
Definition
历时 focuses on how much time something took (历时三年 = 'lasted/took three years'). Less general than 持续 ('continue/persist') and more neutral than 续航 (battery/range only).
verb
to lastto take (a period of time)
adjective
diachronicrelating to historical development (especially in linguistics)
Examples
- 历时。Zhè xiàng gōng chéng lì shí sān nián cái wán chéng.This project took three years to complete.
- 历时。Bǐ sài lì shí le zhěng zhěng wǔ gè xiǎo shí.The competition lasted a full five hours.
- 历时。lì shí Yǔ yán xué shì yán jiū yǔ yán yǎn biàn de xué kē.Diachronic linguistics is the study of language change.
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