HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	常常	常常	chángcháng	oftentimes, ofttimes, commonly, ordinarily, oft, often, a great deal, normally, frequently, unremarkably, much, usually
1	有時候	有时候	yǒushíhou	from time to time, on_occasion, occasionally, somewhile, otherwhile, now and again, sometimes, now and then, at times, on occasion, whiles, once in a while
2	平時	平时	píngshí	ordinarily, in normal times, in peacetime
2	隨時	随时	suíshí	whenever, whene'er, always, readily, whenever necessary, at all times, as occasion demands, at any time
3	從來	从来	cónglái	all along, at all times, always
3	古代	古代	gǔdài	ancient times, olden times
3	時代	时代	shídài	day, period, a period in one's life, epoch, present time, historical period, time, chapter, period in one's life, modern times, historic period, contemporary world, times, era, modern world, age
3	往往	往往	wǎngwǎng	oftentimes, ofttimes, always, more often than not, frequently, oft, often
3	武術	武术	wǔshù	military skill or technique (in former times), all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development), self-defense, tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage), also called kungfu 功夫, CL:種\|种[zhong3]
4	倍	倍	bèi	-fold, multiplication, diameter, double, times, twice as much
4	多次	多次	duōcì	many times, repeatedly
4	近代	近代	jìndài	the not-very-distant past, modern times, excluding recent decades, (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919), capitalist times (pre-1949)
5	不時	不时	bùshí	betweentimes, every so often, frequently, somewhile, at any time, every now and then, often
5	近來	近来	jìnlái	newly, of late, lately, fresh, new, latterly, in recent times, freshly, yesterday, late, recently
5	偶爾	偶尔	ǒuěr	once in a blue moon, from time to time, hardly ever, every so often, now and again, seldom, infrequently, on occasion, rarely, betweenwhiles, scarcely, unusually, occasionally, sporadically, every now and then, at times, now and then, once in a while
5	時光	时光	shíguāng	years, times, days, hour, time
6	挨	挨	āi	in order, in sequence, close to, adjacent to, to suffer, to endure, to pull through (hard times), to delay, to stall, to play for time, to dawdle
6	次數	次数	cìshù	number of times, frequancy, frequency, absolute frequency, legal case, oftenness, lawsuit, time, frequence
6	時期	时期	shíqī	epoch, season, date, period_of_time, phase, day, occasion, estate, period, length, period (of time), phase angle, stage, conjuncture, chapter, times, era, leg, guardianship
7	翻番	翻番	fān fān	to double, to increase by a certain number of times
7	古今中外	古今中外	gǔjīn-zhōngwài	at all times and in all places (idiom)
7	懷舊	怀旧	huáijiù	fond remembrance of times past, nostalgia
7	苦力	苦力	kǔlì	bitter work, hard toil, (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
7	前臺	前台	qiántái	stage, proscenium, foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.), front desk, reception desk, (computing) front-end, foreground
7	人次	人次	réncì	man-times, man-times (analogous to "man-hours")
7	時好時壞	时好时坏	shíhǎoshíhuài	sometimes good, sometimes bad
7	適時	适时	shìshí	at right moment, early, timely, betimes
7	丫頭	丫头	yātou	girl, servant girl, (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
7	與時俱進	与时俱进	yǔshí-jùjìn	abreast of modern developments, to keep up with the times, progressive, timely

CORE WORDS

sometimes adv.