時辰

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (時辰)		時	辰
simp. (时辰)		时	辰
anagram		辰時／辰时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíchen, shíchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ, ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ san⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): si⁴ siin
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
• Eastern Min (BUC): sì-sìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sî-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁵ sing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchen
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhche̊n
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên⁵
    • Yale: shŕ-chen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.chen
    • Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchén
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên²
    • Yale: shŕ-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchern
    • Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: sìh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: si⁴ siin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³⁵ sɨn²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ siin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sì-sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)liŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: sî-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sisiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ sin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁵ sing⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sî sîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

時辰

1. double-hour (one of the 12 two-hour periods into which the day was formerly divided before the Western chronology, each being the name of one of the 12 Earthly Branches)
2. time for something; moment

Synonyms

• (time for something): 時候／时候 (shíhou), 時間／时间 (shíjiān), 時刻／时刻 (shíkè); (Hokkien) 點聲／点声

Derived terms

• 不是不報，時辰未到 / 不是不报，时辰未到
• 時辰八字 / 时辰八字 (shíchén bāzì)
• 時辰禮儀 / 时辰礼仪 (shíchén lǐyí)
• 時辰雀 / 时辰雀