時々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	々

Alternative forms

• 時時

Etymology

Reduplication (with rendaku) of 時 (toki), time.

Adverb

時々 (hiragana ときどき, romaji tokidoki)

1. sometimes, at times

   私は時々テニスをします。

   わたしはときどきてにすをします。
   Watashi wa tokidoki tenisu o shimasu.

   I sometimes play tennis.

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Mandarin

simpl.		时
trad.		時

Adverb

時々 (traditional, Pinyin shíshí, simplified 时时)

1. often, constantly

Usage notes

In the Mandarin language, the symbol 々 is sometimes used in casual horizontal writing (or calligraphy) to indicate a repeated character, but not in formal writing, in print, or on the Internet. More often, 〻 is used (but still only casually), or sometimes the older 二. Usually, however, the character is simply written twice, without the use of any of the above symbols. In Japanese, 々 is used in any kind of writing.

Synonyms

• 時時