午時

Chinese

		7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (午時)		午	時
simp. (午时)		午	时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔshí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ si⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ńg-sṳ̀

(Hailu, HRS): ng^ˊ shi

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ng³ shï²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-sî / gó͘-sî / gō͘-sî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² si⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshíh
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-shih²
  - Yale: wǔ-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyr
  - Palladius: уши (uši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    五十
    午時 / 午时
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ si⁴
  - Yale: ńgh sìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ si⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ xi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ siː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-sṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ sii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ si²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ sɨ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˊ shi
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ²⁴⁻³³ ʃi⁵⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ng³ shï²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍⁴² ʃʐ̩²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-sî
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofsii
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-sî
  - Tâi-lô: góo-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gofsii
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-sî
  - Tâi-lô: gōo-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goxsii
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ si²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngou² si⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu sî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ si⁵⁵/

Noun

午時

(literary) the hours of the horse (11:00am to 1:00pm)

Derived terms

午時花 / 午时花

References

午 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Horse (zodiac) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “午时”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 722.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
午	時
ご Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Etymology

午(ご) (go, “the Horse, the eighth earthly branch”) + 時(じ) (ji, “time,hour”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑi]

Noun

午(ご)時(じ) • (goji)

the hour of the Horse, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.