抽時間

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	time
trad. (抽時間)		抽	時間
simp. (抽时间)		抽	时间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōu shíjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ si⁴ gaan³ / cau¹ si⁴ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu shíjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou shíhjian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹ shih²-chien¹
    • Yale: chōu shŕ-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou shyrjian
    • Palladius: чоу шицзянь (čou šiczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ si⁴ gaan³ / cau¹ si⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: chāu sìh gaan / chāu sìh gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ si⁴ gaan³ / tsau¹ si⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ xi⁴ gan³ / ceo¹ xi⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ siː²¹ kaːn³³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ siː²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Verb

抽時間

1. to try to find the time to (do something)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 抽空 (“to find time; to take time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	抽空兒, 抓空兒
	Taiwan	抽空
Cantonese	Hong Kong	抽時間
Gan	Nanchang	抽空
	Lichuan	抽空
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	抽間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	抽間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	抽間
Jin	Taiyuan	掏空
Southern Min	Xiamen	撥工, 閬工
	Quanzhou	撥工, 閬工
	Zhangzhou	撥工
	Tainan	撥工, 閬工
Wu	Shanghai	落空
	Danyang	抽空, 候空
Xiang	Changsha	抽空子, 抽空