時間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	間

Noun

時間 (hiragana じかん, romaji jikan)

1. time, temporal

   時間的に余裕がない。

   じかんてきによゆうがない。
   jikan teki ni yoyū ga nai.

   We do not have time.

2. hours

Derived terms

• 所要時間 (しょようじかん, shoyō jikan): required time
• 時間切れ (じかんぎれ, jikangire): being out of time

Related terms

• 日数 (にっすう, nissū): days (of duration)
• 期間 (きかん, kikan): duration, period

See also

• 時空 (じくう, jikū): time and space
• 空間 (くうかん, kūkan): a space
• 時空間 (じくうかん, jikūkan): spacetime

Counter

時間 (hiragana じかん, romaji jikan)

1. hour-long periods; school hours

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Mandarin

simplified	时间
traditional	時間

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ ʂɚ˧˥tɕiɛn˥˥ ]

Noun

時間 (traditional, Pinyin shíjiān, simplified 时间)

1. (uncountable) time; the inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.

   时间催人老。

   shíjiān cuī rén lǎo

   Time ages us.

   时间还来得及。

   shíjiān hái láidejí

   All in good time.

2. (uncountable) time; a quantity of availability in time
3. (countable) time; a measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time

Related terms

• shíhòu 時候

Derived terms

• dì yī shíjiān 第一時間
• gǎn shíjiān 趕時間

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Min Nan

simplified	时间
traditional	時間

Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou) IPA: [ ɕi˨˩kan˥˥ ]
• (Zhangzhou) IPA: [ ɕi˧˧kan˥˥ ]

Noun

時間 (traditional, POJ sî-kan, simplified 时间)

1. (uncountable) time; the inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.
2. (uncountable) time; a quantity of availability in time
3. (countable) time; a measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time

Related terms

• 時陣 (sî-chūn)