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Chinese dictionary
n.hour (unit of time equals to one of the evenly divided 24 periods in a solar day)
这场讲座长达三小时。
This lecture lasted three hours.
这家商店24小时都营业。
The shop is open at all hours.
你需要等一两个小时。
You'll have to wait an hour or two.
八小时的工作
eight hours of work
按小时付钱
pay by the hour
浪费整整一小时
waste a full hour
我们在头几个小时就将衬衫全卖完了。
We sold out of the T-shirts in the first couple of hours.
Word usage
- common measure word"小时" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个小时
one hour