a period of time in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 一时 with this easy mnemonic:

I don't remember a period of time when I wasn't working. Maybe there was this one (一) time (时) in university, but I always seem to be working all the time.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 时
• 一

• 小时候
• 一下
• 同时
• 时尚
• 临时
• 一无所有
• 随时
• 第一
• 以防万一
• 一边
• 进一步
• 一些
• 一路
• 时空
• 一切
• 一阵

The reading of 一时 is yī shí.

You can remember how to say 一时 with this useful mnemonic:

It's (yī) important that I write down my thoughts on a sheet (shí) of paper sometimes, or else I feel so consumed by work.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like a period of time and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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