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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìr-sî / sù-sî / sì-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhshíh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-shih²
    • Yale: sz̀-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshyr
    • Palladius: сыши (syši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ si⁴
    • Yale: sei sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ siː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-sî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sù-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suosii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ si¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sì-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siesii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ si¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/

Noun

四時

1. the four seasons

   • 四時行焉，百物生焉，天何言哉？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     四时行焉，百物生焉，天何言哉？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sìshí xíng yān, bǎiwù shēng yān, tiān hé yán zāi? [Pinyin]

     The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are continually being produced, but does Heaven say anything?

Synonyms

• 一年到暗 (Hakka)
• 一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
• 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
• 全年 (quánnián)
• 四季 (sìjì)
• 夠年／够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
• 完年 (Hakka)
• 常年 (chángnián)
• 成年 (chéngnián) (informal)
• 整年 (zhěngnián)
• 歲時／岁时 (suìshí)
• 永年 (yǒngnián)
• 終年／终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
• 終歲／终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
• 規圇年／规囵年 (Hokkien)
• 規年／规年 (Hokkien)
• 規年通天／规年通天 (Hokkien)
• 透年 (Hokkien)
• 長年／长年

 

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
四	時
し > しい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2
irregular	goon

Kanji in this term
四	時
し Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
4時

Etymology

四 (shi; yo) +‎ 時 (ji, “season; o'clock”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よじ [yóꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ʑi]

Noun

四(し)時(じ) or 四(しい)時(じ) • (shiji or shīji) 

1. Synonym of 四季 (shiki, “four seasons”)

四(よ)時(じ) • (yoji) 

1. four (o'clock)

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for 時(じ) (ji)
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	What time?
零(れい)時(じ) (reiji)	一(いち)時(じ) (ichiji)	二(に)時(じ) (niji)	三(さん)時(じ) (sanji)	四(よ)時(じ) (yoji)	五(ご)時(じ) (goji)	六(ろく)時(じ) (rokuji)	七(しち)時(じ) (shichiji) 七(なな)時(じ) (nanaji)	八(はち)時(じ) (hachiji)	九(く)時(じ) (kuji)	十(じゅう)時(じ) (jūji)	十(じゅう)一(いち)時(じ) (jūichiji)	十(じゅう)二(に)時(じ) (jūniji)	何(なん)時(じ) (nanji)