小时候(xiǎo shí hou): in one's childhood
in one's childhood
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 小时候 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我小时候发水痘。
wǒ xiǎo shí hòu fā shuǐ dòu
I had chicken pox when I was a kid.
他小时候喜爱游泳。
tā xiǎo shí hòu xǐ ài yóu yǒng
As a child, he loved to swim.
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