歲時

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (歲時)		歲	時
simp. (岁时)		岁	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèishíh
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴-shih²
    • Yale: swèi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueyshyr
    • Palladius: суйши (sujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 燧石 碎石 歲時 / 岁时

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi³ si⁴
    • Yale: seui sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ siː²¹/

Noun

歲時

1. all year long

   • 掌其歲時，觀天地之會，辨陰陽之氣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     掌其岁时，观天地之会，辨阴阳之气。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Zhǎng qí suìshí, guān tiāndì zhī huì, biàn yīnyáng zhī qì. [Pinyin]

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2. (a period of) time; years

   • 歲時易遷次，身命多厄窮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岁时易迁次，身命多厄穷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 唐．韓愈《贈徐州族姪》

     Suìshí yì qiāncì, shēnmìng duō èqióng. [Pinyin]

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3. season (of the year)

   • 諸此祠皆太祝常主，以歲時奉祠之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诸此祠皆太祝常主，以岁时奉祠之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zhū cǐ cí jiē tàizhù cháng zhǔ, yǐ suìshí fèngcí zhī. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (all year long):

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• 一年到暗 (Hakka)
• 一年到頭 / 一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
• 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
• 全年 (quánnián)
• 四季 (sìjì)
• 四時 / 四时 (sìshí)
• 夠年 / 够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
• 完年 (Hakka)
• 常年 (chángnián)
• 成年 (chéngnián) (informal)
• 整年 (zhěngnián)
• 永年 (yǒngnián)
• 終年 / 终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
• 終歲 / 终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
• 規圇年 / 规囵年 (Hokkien)
• 規年 / 规年 (Hokkien)
• 規年通天 / 规年通天 (Hokkien)
• 透年 (Hokkien)
• 長年 / 长年

• (season):

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• 令 (literary, or in compounds)
• 季候 (jìhòu) (dialectal)
• 季節 / 季节 (jìjié)
• 時令 / 时令
• 時節 / 时节 (shíjié)
• 氣候 / 气候 (qìhòu) (literary)
• 節後 / 节后 (jiéhòu) (season and climate)

References

• “歲時”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.