时而 (shí ér) — occasionally; from time to time; (reduplicated pattern 时而…时而…) now…now…; sometimes…sometimes…

Definición

Ejemplos

• 他时而会去图书馆看书。
  Tā shí ér huì qù tú shū guǎn kàn shū.
  He goes to the library to read from time to time.
• 时而晴天，时而下雨，这里的天气变化很快。
  shí ér Qíng tiān, shí ér xià yǔ, zhè lǐ de tiān qì biàn huà hěn kuài.
  Sometimes it's sunny, sometimes it rains — the weather here changes quickly.
• 她时而高兴，时而难过，情绪很不稳定。
  Tā shí ér gāo xìng, shí ér nán guò, qíng xù hěn bù wěn dìng.
  She's happy one moment and sad the next — her moods are quite unstable.