時間 (si4 gaan3; si4 gaan1 | shi2 jian1) : time

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時間

si4 gaan3; si4 gaan1

shi2 jian1

si4 gaan3 - a point in time, e.g.
Greenwich time, arrival time, closing time.

si4 gaan1 - duration of time, e.g. an hour's time, working time, wasting time.

Despite such semantic distinction between the two as listed above, most people believe that si4 gaan3 and si4 gaan1 are interchangeable. See 粤音尋正讀, pp 64-67.

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 34,900,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

時間 / 时间

This word has been viewed 9563 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 31st May 2018 15:12

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Characters in this word:

時 si4 - time
間 gaan1 gaan3 - interval of time or space

54 compounds containing this word:

按時間先後 - chronological
任何時間 - anytime
什麼時間 - when? what time?
嘥時間 - to waste time
一段時間 - a period of time
抽時間 - find time; take time
夏令時間 - daylight-saving time
揼時間 - time-consuming
花時間 - to spend time
趕時間 - time is running out; hurry up; quickly
截止時間 - deadline
時間無多 - time is running out
幾多時間 - how long?
耐啲時間 - a longer time
長啲時間 - a longer time
時間表 - schedule; timetable
保有時間 - tenure
時間內 - within (a period of time)
時間進程 - time course
有時間 - to have time
當地時間 - local time
時間線 - timeline
時間軸 - timeline
測定時間 - to clock (lit., "evaluate the time")
辦公時間 - [n] office hours
閱讀時間 - viewing time
日光節約時間 - daylight-saving time
時間機器 - time machine
停留時間 - retention period (in environmental protection)
繁忙時間 - rush hour
消磨時間 - kill time, pass the time
一時間 - at that instant
霎時間 - in a moment; in an instant
上班時間 - workday
下班時間 - closing time
休息時間 - break; time-out; half-time; breathing space; rest time
午餐時間 - lunchtime
拖延時間 - against the clock; against time
日照時間 - duration of sunshine
下課時間 - break time (from class)
捱時間 - dawdle; stall
預鬆時間 - leave a little extra time (to do sth.)
第一時間 - immediately; right away
東部時間 - (U.S.) Eastern (standard) time (EST)
美東時間 - USA Eastern Standard Time
隨機時間 - random period of time; random interval
響應時間 - response time
首次注視時間 - first fixation duration
格林威治時間 - Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Universal Coordinated Time (UCT)
Common Formations:
彈性工作時間 - flexitime
上機時間 - hands-on time
時間常數 - a time constant
時間延緩 - time dilation
北京時間 - Chinese Standard Time

Showing all 6 examples containing 時間

一日煮足三餐都幾嘥時間。粵
It is very time-consuming if the three meals of a day are all made by me.

我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]

可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.

慳返啲時間粵
to save (back) some time

時間嘅配合好難以置信粵
The coincidentalness of the timing is too hard to believe.

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

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