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Definition 2024

See also: 时候

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	wait
trad. (時候)		時	候
simp. (时候)		时	候

時候

(uncountable) time (the time of day; the moment in time, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
(countable) time (a numerical indication of a particular moment in time)
(countable) time (an instance or occurrence)
(uncountable) time (a particular occasion)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíhòu → shíhou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ → ㄕˊ ㄏㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.how
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíhòur → shíhour (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋㄦ → ㄕˊ ㄏㄡ˙ㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.houll
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xɤʊɻʷ⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xɤʊɻʷ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ hau⁶
  - Yale: sìh hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ hau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: siiˇ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² heu⁴
  - IPA: /sɨ¹¹ he̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: sî-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si'hau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² haʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi¹³⁻²² haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²³⁻³³ haʊ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zr hheu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²² ɦɜ⁴⁴/