時辰

Chinese

	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.
trad. (時辰)	時	辰
simp. (时辰)	时	辰
anagram	辰時／辰时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíchen, shíchén

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ, ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ san⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): si⁴ siin
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
Eastern Min (BUC): sì-sìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sî-sîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): si⁵ sing⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíchen
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ˙ㄔㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhche̊n
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên⁵
  - Yale: shŕ-chen
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.chen
  - Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchén
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên²
  - Yale: shŕ-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchern
  - Palladius: шичэнь (šičɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: sìh sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sɐn²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si⁴ siin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³⁵ sɨn²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sì-sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)liŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: sî-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ sin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si⁵ sing⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sî sîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

時辰

double-hour (one of the 12 two-hour periods into which the day was formerly divided before the Western chronology, each being the name of one of the 12 Earthly Branches)
time for something; moment

Synonyms

(time for something): 時候／时候 (shíhou), 時間／时间 (shíjiān), 時刻／时刻 (shíkè); (Hokkien) 點聲／点声

Derived terms