时段
Meanings
1. time interval
2. work shift
3. time slot
4. the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
Characters used
Examples2
我 每天 工作 不同 时段。
Every day I work different hours.
过年 吃 饺子 的 习俗 和 中国 古代 的 计时法 有关: 中国 古代 把 每 一 天分 为 十二 个 时段, 每天 开始 是 子时, 相当于 晚上11 点 到 凌晨1 点。
The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.