片時 [－时]

Jyutping pin3 si4
Pinyin piàn shí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a short time
  2. a moment
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    a short moment
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当我们开始像自己护照上的照片时，我们该去度假了。
    當我們開始像自己護照上的照片時，我們該去度假了。
    dāng wǒ men kāi shǐ xiàng zì jǐ hù zhào shàng de zhào piàn shí ， wǒ men gāi qù dù jià le 。
    • When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
    • When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.
  2. Mandarin
    我看到这张照片时总是想起我父亲。
    我看到這張照片時總是想起我父親。
    wǒ kàn dào zhè zhāng zhào piàn shí zǒng shì xiǎng qǐ wǒ fù qīn 。
    • I never see this picture without thinking of my father.