時辰

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (時辰)		時	辰
simp. (时辰)		时	辰
anagram		辰時／辰时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíchen, shíchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ, ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchen
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhche̊n
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên⁵
    • Yale: shŕ-chen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.chen
    • Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchén
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên²
    • Yale: shŕ-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchern
    • Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: sìh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: siiˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: sî-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sisiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ sin²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 時辰

1. double-hour (one of the 12 two-hour periods into which the day was formerly divided before the Western chronology, each being the name of one of the 12 Earthly Branches)
2. time for something; moment

Synonyms

• (time for something): 時候／时候 (shíhou), 時間／时间 (shíjiān), 時刻／时刻 (shíkè)

Derived terms

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