一時半刻

Chinese

		a period of time; for a short while; for a time a period of time; for a short while; for a time; temporarily; momentarily; once	half ke; 7.2 minutes
trad. (一時半刻)		一時	半刻
simp. (一时半刻)		一时	半刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshíbànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁴ bun³ hak¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànkè [Phonetic: yìshíbànkè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànkè
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannkeh
    • Palladius: ишибанькэ (išibanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si⁴ bun³ hak¹
    • Yale: yāt sìh bun hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁴ bun³ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁴ bun³ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ puːn³³ hɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

一時半刻

1. a short time; a little while

   他一時半刻還回不來。 [MSC, trad.]
   他一时半刻还回不来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīshíbànkè hái huí bù lái. [Pinyin]

   He won't be back for a little while yet.