無時無刻

See also: 无时无刻

Chinese

		not have	time	not have	moment
trad. (無時無刻)		無	時	無	刻
simp. (无时无刻)		无	时	无	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshíwúkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-sî-bû-khek / bô-sî-bô-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshíwúkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshíhwúkè
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shih²-wu²-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: wú-shŕ-wú-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushyrwukeh
    • Palladius: ушиукэ (ušiukɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹
    • Yale: mòuh sìh mòuh hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi⁴ mou⁴ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː²¹ mou̯²¹ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-sî-bû-khek
    • Tâi-lô: bû-sî-bû-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busi'bu'qeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ si²³⁻³³ bu²³⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-sî-bô-khek
    • Tâi-lô: bô-sî-bô-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boisi'boi'qeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/

Etymology 1

Composed of 無 (“have not”) + 時 (“time”) + 無 (“have not”) + 刻 (“moment”).

Idiom

無時無刻

1. at no time; never

   • 自是行忘止，食忘饗，卻像掉下了一件甚麼東西，無時無刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     自是行忘止，食忘飨，却像掉下了一件什么东西，无时无刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I

     Zì shì xíng wàng zhǐ, shí wàng xiǎng, què xiàng diàoxià le yī jiàn shénme dōngxi, wúshíwúkè bù zài xīnshàng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   他無時無刻不坐在電腦旁。 [MSC, trad.]
   他无时无刻不坐在电脑旁。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wúshíwúkè bù zuò zài diànnǎo páng. [Pinyin]

   He is always sitting by the computer.

Usage notes

• Usually used with negative particles (e.g. 不) to form double negative sentences, with the meaning of “all the time, incessantly”.

Etymology 2

Composed of 無 (“regardless of”) + 時 (“time”) + 無 (“regardless of”) + 刻 (“moment”) (Wang, 2010).

Idiom

無時無刻

1. at all times; anytime

   他無時無刻都在打電動。 [MSC, trad.]
   他无时无刻都在打电动。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wúshíwúkè dōu zài dǎdiàndòng. [Pinyin]

   He is always playing video games.

   佢無時無刻都係喺度打機。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢无时无刻都系喺度打机。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹ dou¹ hai⁶ hai² dou⁶ daa² gei¹. [Jyutping]

   He is always playing video games.

Usage notes

• Usually used with 都 to mean “all the time, incessantly”.