舊時

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Chinese

		old (opposite of new); former	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (舊時)		舊	時
simp. (旧时)		旧	时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùshí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau⁶ si⁴ / gau⁶ si^4-2

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gieu⁶ si⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-sî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòushíh
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-shih²
  - Yale: jyòu-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshyr
  - Palladius: цзюши (czjuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    就食
    舊時／旧时
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau⁶ si⁴ / gau⁶ si^4-2
  - Yale: gauh sìh / gauh sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶ si⁴ / gau⁶ si^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo⁶ xi⁴ / geo⁶ xi^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²² siː²¹/, /kɐu̯²² siː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: gieu⁶ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu⁵⁵ ʃi⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-sî
  - Tâi-lô: kū-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxsii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ku²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ si²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²²⁻²¹ si¹³/

Middle Chinese: gjuwH dzyi

Rime
Character	舊	時
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨救切	市之切
Baxter	gjuwH	dzyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu^H/	/d͡ʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiu^H/	/ʑiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu^H/	/ʑĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u^H/	/ʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau⁶	si⁴

Noun

舊時

the past
- 舊時王謝堂前燕，飛入尋常百姓家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  旧时王谢堂前燕，飞入寻常百姓家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuxi, 《烏衣巷》
  Jiùshí Wáng Xiè táng qián yàn, fēi rù xúncháng bǎixìng jiā.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

以往 (yǐwǎng)
前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
已往 (yǐwǎng)
平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
往前 (wǎngqián)
往常 (wǎngcháng)
往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
既往 (jìwǎng)
日前 (rìqián) (literary)
日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
早日 (zǎorì)
昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
當年／当年
疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)
老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
舊𫢗時／旧𫢗时 (gu⁷ diang¹ si⁵) (Teochew)
舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
過去／过去 (guòqù)
過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

Derived terms

舊時正話／旧时正话

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