课时 (kè shí) — class hour, class period, school period

Definition

noun

class hourclass periodschool period

Measure word · 个

课时。
Zhè ge kè chéng yǒu èr shí gè kè shí.
This course has twenty class hours.
课时。
Měi jié kè shí sì shí wǔ fēn zhōng.
Each class period is forty-five minutes.
课时。
Wǒ men xià zhōu de kè shí ān pái biǎo chū lái le.
Our class schedule for next week is out.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

课 names a class and 时 a period, giving a class hour.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 課; 课 is its simplified writing.

言果課

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánto say

Sound part声符shēngfú

果

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 課 pairs 言 (to say) with 果 as a sound part; the simplified 课 is a shorthand and its right side is not a sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun; day

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

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