時而

See also: 时而

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
trad. (時而)		時	而
simp. (时而)		时	而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-lî / sî-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-ér
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh²
    • Yale: shŕ-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrerl
    • Palladius: шиэр (šier)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: sìh yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ jiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 時宜／时宜 時而／时而

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-lî
    • Tâi-lô: sî-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: silii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-jî
    • Tâi-lô: sî-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sijii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² d͡zi¹³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 時而

1. from time to time; occasionally; sometimes
2. now... now...; sometimes... sometimes... (used reduplicatively)

Synonyms

• (from time to time):

(deprecated template usage)

• 一時／一时 (yīshí)
• 不時／不时 (bùshí)
• 久不久 (jiǔbùjiǔ) (regional)
• 偶而 (ǒu'ér)
• 時不時／时不时 (shíbùshí)

 

(deprecated template usage)