四時

四時

See also: 四时

Chinese

		four	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (四時)		四	時
simp. (四时)		四	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ si⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sìr-sî / sù-sî / sì-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: sìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshy
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ si⁴
    • Yale: sei sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ xi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ siː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-sî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sù-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suosii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sì-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siesii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi¹³/

Noun

四時

1. the four seasons

Synonyms

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一年四季 (yīniánsìjì) 全年 (quánnián) 四季 (sìjì) 整年 (zhěngnián)

歲時／岁时 (suìshí) 永年 (yǒngnián) 終年／终年 (zhōngnián) (literary) 終歲／终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	時
よ Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2

Etymology

From 四 (よ) (yo, “four”) + 時 (じ) (ji, “o'clock”).

Noun

四時 (hiragana よじ, rōmaji yo-ji)

1. four o'clock

Alternative forms

• 4時

Time in Japanese
一時 (いちじ) (ichiji)	二 (に)時 (じ) (niji)	三 (さん)時 (じ) (sanji)	四 (よ)時 (じ) (yoji)	五 (ご)時 (じ) (goji)	六時 (ろくじ) (rokuji)	七時 (しちじ) (shichiji)	八時 (はちじ) (hachiji)	九 (く)時 (じ) (kuji)	十 (じゅう)時 (じ) (jūji)	十一時 (じゅういちじ) (jūichiji)	十 (じゅう)二 (に)時 (じ) (jūniji)