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什麼時間

sam6 mo1 si4 gaan1*3

shen2/she2 me5 shi2 jian1

when? what time? | Cant. more inclined to use: 幾時; 幾點鐘

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 865,000

什麼時間 / 什么时间

什 sap6 sam6 zaap6 shen2 {shi2} - what; miscellaneous
麼 mo1 maa1 mo2 ma1 mo5 - an interrogative final particle
時 si4 shi2 - time
間 gaan1 gaan3 jian1 jian4 - interval of time

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 25th Jan 2008

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