時光

See also: 时光

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	light; ray; bright
trad. (時光)		時	光
simp. (时光)		时	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-kông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sî-kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁵ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhguang
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-kuang¹
    • Yale: shŕ-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrguang
    • Palladius: шигуан (šiguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: sìh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sî-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁵ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sî kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

Noun

時光

1. (uncountable) time (the inevitable passing of events from future to present then past)

   讓時光倒流／让时光倒流  ―  ràng shíguāng dàoliú  ―  to turn back the clock

   時光飛逝。／时光飞逝。  ―  Shíguāng fēishì.  ―  Time flies.

2. (countable) time (a quantity of time; an experience) (Classifier: 段 m)

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Synonyms

• (time: the inevitable passing of events): 光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn), (literary) 日力 (rìlì)

Derived terms

• 時光不再 / 时光不再
• 時光似箭，日月如梭 / 时光似箭，日月如梭
• 時光機 / 时光机 (shíguāngjī)
• 時光虛擲 / 时光虚掷
• 時光隧道 / 时光隧道

 

See also

• 時間／时间 (shíjiān)
• 時候／时候 (shíhou)