片時

See also: 片时

Chinese

		a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (片時)		片	時
simp. (片时)		片	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-shih²
    • Yale: pyàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannshyr
    • Palladius: пяньши (pjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin³ si⁴
    • Yale: pin sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin³ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³ siː²¹/

Noun

片時

1. (literary) a short moment

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
片	時
かた Grade: 6	とき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かたとき [kàtátókí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かたとき [kàtátókíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠to̞kʲi]

Noun

片(かた)時(とき) • (katatoki) 

1. a short moment

   Synonyms: 片時 (henji), 暫し (shibashi), 一時 (ittoki), 一瞬 (isshun)

   • 1919, 有島武郎, 或る女（前編）‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     出(で)来(き)上(あ)がりが近(ちか)づくと葉(よう)子(こ)は片(かた)時(とき)も編(あ)み針(ばり)を休(やす)めてはいられなかった。

     Dekiagari ga chikazuku to Yōko wa katatoki mo amibari o yasumete wa irarenakatta.

     As it neared completion, Yōko could not rest her knitting needle even for a moment.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
片	時
へん Grade: 6	じ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へんじ [héꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

片(へん)時(じ) • (henji) 

1. a short moment

   Synonyms: 片時 (katatoki), 暫し (shibashi), 一時 (ittoki), 一瞬 (isshun)