時光

時光

See also: 时光

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	light; ray; bright
trad. (時光)		時	光
simp. (时光)		时	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-kông
• Min Nan (POJ): sî-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shíguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyguang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: sìh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ guong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: siiˇ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si² gong¹
    • IPA: /sɨ¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sî-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

時光

1. (uncountable) time (the inevitable passing of events from future to present then past)

   讓時光倒流 / 让时光倒流  ―  ràng shíguāng dàoliú  ―  to turn back the clock

   時光飛逝。 / 时光飞逝。  ―  Shíguāng fēishì.  ―  Time flies.

2. (countable) time (a quantity of time; an experience) (Classifier: 段 m)

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Derived terms

時光不再／时光不再 時光似箭，日月如梭／时光似箭，日月如梭 時光機／时光机 (shíguāngjī)

時光虛擲／时光虚掷 時光隧道／时光隧道

See also

• 時間／时间 (shíjiān)
• 時候／时候 (shíhou)