sometime
US
UK sometimes adv: (at times)
SC 偶尔 ǒu ěr
TC 偶爾
TC 偶爾
SC 有时 ǒu ěr，yǒu shí
TC 有時
TC 有時
Sometimes I have eggs for breakfast, but I often just eat cereal.
早餐时，我偶尔吃鸡蛋，不过多数情况下我只喝麦片粥。
sometime adv: (eventually)
SC 有朝一日，迟早 yǒu zhāo yí rì ，chí zǎo
I'll fix the toilet sometime, but I don't feel like doing it today.
我迟早会修理马桶的，不过我今天不想做。
sometime adv: (at an unspecified time)
SC 将来某个时间，改天 gǎi tiān
I'll visit you sometime!
我改天会去拜访你！
sometime adj: (former)
SC 从前的 cóng qián de
TC 從前的
TC 從前的
SC 之前的 cóng qián de，zhī qián de
This is Leonard, a sometime high-school basketball star and current bank president.
sometime adj: US (occasional)
SC 临时的 lín shí de
TC 臨時的
TC 臨時的
Fiona's sometime boyfriend, Harry, is a banker.
some time adv: (a while)
SC 一会儿，一段时间，一阵子 yí huì er ，yí duàn shí jiān ，yí zhèn zi
TC 一會兒，一段時間
TC 一會兒，一段時間
It's been some time since I've seen my cousins.
我有阵子没有见表亲们了。
after some time expr: (after a while)
SC 一段时间后 yí duàn shí jiān hòu
After some time, the architect delivered the plans for our new house.
some time ago adv: (a while back)
SC 一段时间以前 yí duàn shí jiān yǐ qián
I was once a good basketball player … but that was some time ago.
some time soon adv: (at an unspecified point in the near future)
SC 不久之后 bù jiǔ zhī hòu
take some time v expr: (be fairly time-consuming)
SC 需要花一些时间