時間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	間

Noun

時間 (hiragana じかん, romaji jikan)

1. Time.

   時間は何ですか。

   じかんはなんですか。
   Jikan wa nan desu ka?

   What is the time?

2. An hour.

   何時間もかかるそうです。

   なんじかんもかかるそうです。
   Nan jikan mo kakaru sō desu.

   Apparently it will take many 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

simpl.		时间
trad.		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

simpl.		时间
trad.		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)