时好时坏 meaning in English

shíhǎo-shíhuài

sometimes good, sometimes bad

HSK 7-9Traditional 時好時壞27 strokes

Meaning of 时好时坏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shíhǎoshíhuài
  1. sometimes good, sometimes bad

时好时坏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ父fù亲qīn的de状zhuàng况kuàng时shí好hǎo时shí坏huài。
My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.

Stroke order for each character

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时 shí · o'clock · 7 strokes

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好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes

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时 shí · o'clock · 7 strokes

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坏 huài · bad · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 时好时坏.

时候shíhoutime; length of time
时间shíjiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
最好zuìhǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
小时xiǎoshíhour
有时yǒushísometimes; now and then
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
有时候yǒushíhousometimes
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem like

Questions about 时好时坏

What does 时好时坏 mean?

时好时坏 (shíhǎo-shíhuài) means "sometimes good, sometimes bad".

How do you write 时好时坏?

时好时坏 is made of 4 characters: 时 (7 strokes), 好 (6 strokes), 时 (7 strokes), 坏 (7 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.

Is 时好时坏 an HSK word?

Yes. 时好时坏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 时好时坏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 时好时坏 is written 時好時壞.