子時

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (子時)		子	時
simp. (子时)		子	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² si⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-sṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chír-sî / chú-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-shih²
    • Yale: dž-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshyr
    • Palladius: цзыши (czyši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² si⁴
    • Yale: jí sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ siː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ sii^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ sɨ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-sî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/

Noun

子時

1. (literary) the hours of the rat (11:00pm to 1:00am)

References

• 子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Rat (zodiac) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia