particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

life (one's time on earth)

to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)

on time / before deadline / on schedule

on time / punctual / on schedule

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

from now on / in the future / time to come

to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation

every time / on each occasion / whenever

as scheduled / on time / punctual

(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour

lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)

stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill

(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)

on schedule / on time

to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive

hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time

lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time

on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion

(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis

(sports) to call a time-out / to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold

not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed

to be available at any time / to be on call

return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

to finish a job on time / to produce the goods

reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀｜训读. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)

lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs

a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 may be pronounced as its synonym 色子, and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩｜两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀｜音读. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

to fail to come out on time / to miss a deadline

lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle

a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth

it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)

for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred)

to place a bet (with sb) / to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a business venture)

on time; on schedule

double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)

time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc) / to make an inventory / (math.) point that has integer coordinates

to turn one's head; to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past

to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)

to have nothing to do / to have time on one's hands

8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.

to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards

lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖｜钻牛角尖

lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay

lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge

barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)

one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time

it's getting late; time's getting on

time travel series (on TV)

to waste time on worthless activities

piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資｜计时工资