時宜

See also: 时宜

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate
trad. (時宜)		時	宜
simp. (时宜)		时	宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ ji⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-nì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-gî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyí
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-i²
    • Yale: shŕ-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryi
    • Palladius: шии (šii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 拾遺 / 拾遗 時宜 / 时宜 食宜

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: sìh yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ jiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 時宜 / 时宜 時而 / 时而

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-nì
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ ni^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si² ni²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ ni¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-gî
    • Tâi-lô: sî-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'gii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² ɡi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/

Noun

時宜

1. that which is appropriate to the times or occasion

   • 今之所謂識時務者見人之讀聖書守舊儀者，輒以爲不合時宜，而非斥之。此輩心中只一「時」字作祟。故時乎倭，則是急乎事倭，時乎洋，則又急乎從洋。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1946, letter by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)

     Geum ji sowi sik simu ja gyeon in ji dok seongseo su guui ja, cheop iwi bulhap siui, i bicheok ji. Cha bae simjung ji il "si" ja jak su. Go si ho Wae, jeuk si geup ho sa Wae; si ho Yang, jeuk u geup ho jong Yang. [Sino-Korean]

     When these people of today who are supposedly knowledgeable about the trends of these times see those who read the books of the Sages and keep to the customs of old, they always believe that they are going against what is appropriate for these times, and upbraid them. The single word "[these] times" causes perversion in the minds of these fellows. Therefore, when the times were on the side of the Japanese, they hastened to serve the Japanese; the times being on the side of the Westerners, they now hasten to submit to the Westerners.

Derived terms

• 不合時宜 / 不合时宜 (bùhéshíyí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	宜
じ Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

時(じ)宜(ぎ) • (jigi) 

1. timely, appropriate time

   時宜(じぎ)を得(え)た政策(せいさく)だ。

   Jigi o eta seisaku da.

   The measures are what this society demands right now.