行時

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (行時)		行	時
simp. (行时)		行	时
anagram		時行／时行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ si⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâⁿ-sî / hêng-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shih²
    • Yale: syíng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshyr
    • Palladius: синши (sinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ si⁴
    • Yale: hàhng sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ siː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâⁿ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: kiânn-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviasii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiã¹³⁻²² si¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kiã²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiã²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã²³⁻³³ si²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sî
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² si¹³/

Verb

行時

1. to be in vogue; to be all the rage (of a thing)

   • 在一些人的眼中，好像什麼政治，什麼祖國的前途、人類的理想，都沒有關心的必要。好像馬克思主義行時了一陣，現在就不那麼行時了。 [MSC, trad.]
     在一些人的眼中，好像什么政治，什么祖国的前途、人类的理想，都没有关心的必要。好像马克思主义行时了一阵，现在就不那么行时了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zài yīxiē rén de yǎnzhōng, hǎoxiàng shénme zhèngzhì, shénme zǔguó de qiántú, rénlèi de lǐxiǎng, dōu méiyǒu guānxīn de bìyào. Hǎoxiàng Mǎkèsī zhǔyì xíngshí le yīzhèn, xiànzài jiù bù nàme xíngshí le. [Pinyin]

     Some people seem to think that there is no longer any need to concern themselves with politics or with the future of the motherland and the ideals of humankind. It seems as if Marxism, once all the rage, is currently not so much in fashion.

2. to be in the ascendant (of a person)

Synonyms

• (to be in vogue):

• 大火 (dàhuǒ) (figurative)
• 好利路 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 時興／时兴 (shíxīng)
• 時行／时行 (shíxíng)
• 暢行／畅行 (chàngxíng)
• 流行 (liúxíng)
• 爆紅／爆红 (bàohóng) (to reach instant fame)
• 當時／当时 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 盛行 (shèngxíng)
• 走紅／走红 (zǒuhóng) (colloquial)
• 風行／风行 (fēngxíng)
• 風靡／风靡 (fēngmǐ)
• 飆紅／飙红 (biāohóng) (to reach instant fame)