什麼時候 (sam6 mo1 si4 hau6 | shen2 me5 shi2 hou4) : when ?

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什麼時候

sam6 mo1 si4 hau6

shen2 me5 shi2 hou4

when ? (time)
[Var.] 甚麽時候, 甚麼時候, 什麼時候
[Syn.] 幾時
[粵]: 咩時候；乜時候；乜嘢時候

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,390,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

什麼時候 / 什么时候

This word has been viewed 2688 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 13th Jan 2005 07:13 and last edited on 6th Mar 2010 03:01

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Characters in this word:

什 sap6 sam6 zaap6 - ten; what; assorted
麼 mo1 - (suffix)
時 si4 - time
候 hau6 - wait; expect; period; time

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我們什麼時候擺聖誕裝飾呢？國
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

甚麼時候 sam6 mo1 si4 hau6 she2 me5 shi2 hou4 = when ? 國

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