小時

See also: 小时

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (小時)		小	時
simp. (小时)		小	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² si⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-sì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih²
    • Yale: syǎu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyr
    • Palladius: сяоши (sjaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² si⁴
    • Yale: síu sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)li⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sî
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²³/

Noun

小時

1. hour (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   七個小時／七个小时  ―  qī ge xiǎoshí  ―  seven hours

   二十四小時營業。 [MSC, trad.]
   二十四小时营业。 [MSC, simp.]

   Èrshísì xiǎoshí yíngyè. [Pinyin]

   Open 24 hours.

   時速可達每小時170公里。 [MSC, trad.]
   时速可达每小时170公里。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shísù kě dá měi xiǎoshí yībǎiqīshí gōnglǐ. [Pinyin]

   The speed can reach 170 kilometres per hour.

2. childhood

Synonyms

• (hour):

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
	Harbin	鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Malaysia	小時 †
	Singapore	小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鐘頭 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Wanrong	鐘頭兒 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐘頭 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鐘頭子 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Hong Kong	鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
	Taishan	鐘頭 †
	Dongguan	點鐘 ×
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Penang (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鐘 †
Gan	Nanchang	鐘頭 †
	Lichuan	鐘頭 †
Hakka	Meixian	點鐘 ×
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	點鐘 ×
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	點鐘 ×
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	點鐘 ×
Huizhou	Jixi	鐘頭 †
Jin	Taiyuan	鐘頭 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	點鐘 ×, 鐘頭 ¶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Fuqing)	點鐘 ×
Southern Min	Xiamen	點鐘 ×
	Shishi	點鐘 ×
	Tainan	點鐘 ×
	Penang (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Manila (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Chaozhou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou (Chenghai)	點鐘 ×
	Jieyang	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Teochew)	點鐘 ×
	Haikou	鐘頭 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	點鐘 ×
Wu	Shanghai	鐘頭 †
	Danyang	鐘頭 †
	Ningbo	鐘頭 †
Note	† - requires the classifier 個; ‡ - can be used with or without the classifier 個; § - requires the classifier 粒; * - requires the classifier 句; ¶ - requires the classifier 隻; × - cannot be used with a classifier

• (childhood):

edit

• 兒童期 / 儿童期 (értóngqī)
• 囡仔時 / 囡仔时 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 幼年 (yòunián)
• 沖齡 / 冲龄 (chōnglíng) (literary, chiefly of a monarch)
• 童年 (tóngnián)
• 髫年 (tiáonián) (literary)
• 髫齔 / 髫龀 (tiáochèn)
• 齠年 / 龆年 (tiáonián) (literary)

Classifier

小時

1. hour

   三小時／三小时  ―  sān xiǎoshí  ―  three hours

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
	Harbin	鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Malaysia	小時 †
	Singapore	小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鐘頭 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Wanrong	鐘頭兒 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐘頭 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鐘頭子 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Hong Kong	鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
	Taishan	鐘頭 †
	Dongguan	點鐘 ×
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Penang (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鐘 †
Gan	Nanchang	鐘頭 †
	Lichuan	鐘頭 †
Hakka	Meixian	點鐘 ×
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	點鐘 ×
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	點鐘 ×
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	點鐘 ×
Huizhou	Jixi	鐘頭 †
Jin	Taiyuan	鐘頭 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	點鐘 ×, 鐘頭 ¶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Fuqing)	點鐘 ×
Southern Min	Xiamen	點鐘 ×
	Shishi	點鐘 ×
	Tainan	點鐘 ×
	Penang (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Manila (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Chaozhou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou (Chenghai)	點鐘 ×
	Jieyang	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Teochew)	點鐘 ×
	Haikou	鐘頭 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	點鐘 ×
Wu	Shanghai	鐘頭 †
	Danyang	鐘頭 †
	Ningbo	鐘頭 †
Note	† - requires the classifier 個; ‡ - can be used with or without the classifier 個; § - requires the classifier 粒; * - requires the classifier 句; ¶ - requires the classifier 隻; × - cannot be used with a classifier