什麼時候
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]what; something | period of time; a point in time | ||
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trad. (什麼時候/甚麼時候/什麽時候) | 什麼/甚麼/什麽 | 時候 | |
simp. (什么时候) | 什么 | 时候 | |
Literally: “what time”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shénme̊ shíhho̊u
- Wade–Giles: shên2-mê5 shih2-hou5
- Yale: shén-me shŕ-hou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.me shyr.hou
- Palladius: шэньмэ шихоу (šɛnʹmɛ šixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂən³⁵ mə³ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shénme̊ shíhhòu
- Wade–Giles: shên2-mê5 shih2-hou4
- Yale: shén-me shŕ-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.me shyrhow
- Palladius: шэньмэ шихоу (šɛnʹmɛ šixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂən³⁵ mə³ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sam6 mo1 si4 hau6
- Yale: sahm mō sìh hauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam6 mo1 si4 hau6
- Guangdong Romanization: sem6 mo1 xi4 heo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵ siː²¹ hɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adverb
[edit]什麼時候
Usage notes
[edit]If one wants to ask the exact time, 幾點鐘/几点钟 (jǐdiǎnzhōng) is used instead.
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 什麼時候 (“when”) [map]
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