對時

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (對時)		對	時
simp. (对时)		对	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tui-sṳ̀
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dui⁴ si²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-shih²
    • Yale: dwèi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyshyr
    • Palladius: дуйши (dujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: dui sii^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dui⁴ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ sɨ¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁴ si² [Phonetic: dui⁴ li²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui⁴² ^(ɬ-)li¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁴ si² [Phonetic: dui¹ li²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)li¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duiesii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ si²³/

Verb

對時

1. to synchronize watches; to synchronize the time

Noun

對時

1. (dated or Hakka, Southern Min, Puxian Min) a day; a whole day; twenty-four hours

References

• “Entry #10471”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “对时”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.