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時態

简时态 · 繁時態

Mandarin · pinyin shí tài

(verb) tense

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時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
態: Look up this written character
时: shí · time, season; era, age, period
态: tài · manner, bearing, attitude

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2–4 · shi2 tai4

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noun

(grammar) tense (any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists; an inflected form of a verb that indicates tense)

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