小時

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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

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.
    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.
    The speed can reach 170 kilometres per hour.
  2. childhood

Synonyms

  • (hour):
Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”)
Variety Location Words
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):

Classifier

小時

  1. hour
    三小時／三小时  ―  sān xiǎoshí  ―  three hours

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”)
Variety Location Words
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
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