有時

有時

See also: 有时

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (有時)		有	時
simp. (有时)		有	时
Literally: “there are times when”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ si⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-sṳ̀
• Min Nan (POJ): ū-sî / ǔ-sî / iú-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yǒushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 有時／有时 有識／有识 酉時／酉时

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ si⁴
    • Yale: yáuh sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 有時／有时 酉時／酉时

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-sî
    • Tâi-lô: ū-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxsii
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ ɕi²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ ɕi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ ɕi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: ǔ-sî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² ɕi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sî
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi¹³/

Adverb

有時

1. sometimes; at times; now and then

   • 11月份以來蔬菜進價實在漲得太快了，有時一天一價，一個星期就能漲5毛。 [MSC, trad.]
     11月份以来蔬菜进价实在涨得太快了，有时一天一价，一个星期就能涨5毛。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010: 新华网, 市民绿化带种菜应对涨价

     11 yuèfèn yǐlái shūcài jìnjià shízài zhàng de tài kuài le, yǒushí yī tiān yī jià, yīge xīngqī jiù néng zhàng 5 máo. [Pinyin]

     The purchase price of vegetables since November has really been rocketing. Sometimes the prices change on a daily basis, and it can increase by 50 cents within a week.

   • 我有時走得很快，像要去趕一個遲到的約會；有時小步慢走，東張西望，漫無目標。 [MSC, trad.]
     我有时走得很快，像要去赶一个迟到的约会；有时小步慢走，东张西望，漫无目标。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010: 网易新闻, 穿过城市的夜晚

     Wǒ yǒushí zǒu de hěn kuài, xiàng yào qù gǎn yīge chídào de yuēhuì; yǒushí xiǎobù mànzǒu, dōngzhāng xīwàng, mànwú mùbiāo. [Pinyin]

     Sometimes I walk very fast as if I was late for a date; sometimes I loiter, gaze around, without a certain destination in mind.

Synonyms

• 偶爾／偶尔 (ǒu'ěr)
• 偶而 (ǒu'ér)
• 有時候／有时候 (yǒushíhou)
• (Min Nan) 拄時陣／拄时阵, 拄陣／拄阵, 有當時／有当时, 有當時仔／有当时仔, 有時仔／有时仔, 有時陣／有时阵, 有陣仔／有阵仔