彼時

Chinese

		that; those; (one) another)	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (彼時)		彼	時
simp. (彼时)		彼	时
alternative forms		迄時／迄时 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² si⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hit-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐshíh
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-shih²
    • Yale: bǐ-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biishyr
    • Palladius: биши (biši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² si⁴
    • Yale: béi sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ siː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hit-sî
    • Tâi-lô: hit-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hitsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hit̚³²⁻⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hit̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hit̚³²⁻⁵ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hit̚³²⁻⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hit̚³²⁻⁴ si²³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeX dzyi

Rime
Character	彼	時
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫委切	市之切
Baxter	pjeX	dzyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇX/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛX/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛX/	/d͡ʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆X/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Li Rong	/pjeX/	/ʑiə/
Wang Li	/pǐeX/	/ʑĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯X/	/ʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	si4

Pronoun

彼時

1. (literary) at that time

   • 實際上，過去的文藝作品不是源而是流，是古人和外國人根據他們彼時彼地所得到的人民生活中的文學藝術原料創造出來的東西。 [MSC, trad.]
     实际上，过去的文艺作品不是源而是流，是古人和外国人根据他们彼时彼地所得到的人民生活中的文学艺术原料创造出来的东西。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shíjìshàng, guòqù de wényì zuòpǐn bùshì yuán érshì liú, shì gǔrén hé wàiguórén gēnjù tāmen bǐshí bǐdì suǒ dédào de rénmín shēnghuó zhōng de wénxué yìshù yuánliào chuàngzào chūlái de dōngxi. [Pinyin]

     In fact, the literary and artistic works of the past are not a source but a stream; they were created by our predecessors and the foreigners out of the literary and artistic raw materials they found in the life of the people of their time and place.

Synonyms

• 其時／其时 (qíshí) (literary)
• 嗰陣／嗰阵 (Cantonese)
• 嗰陣時／嗰阵时 (Cantonese)
• 彼時陣／彼时阵 (Hokkien)
• 彼當時／彼当时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Philippine Hokkien)
• 彼站 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 彼站仔 (Hokkien)
• 彼站時／彼站时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Philippine Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 彼輒／彼辄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 彼輒仔／彼辄仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 彼陣／彼阵 (Hokkien)
• 當下／当下 (Hakka)
• 當其時／当其时 (dong¹ kei⁴ si⁴) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 當時／当时
• 該下／该下 (Hakka)
• 該央時／该央时 (Hakka)
• 該時／该时 (Hakka)
• 該當時／该当时 (Hakka)
• 遐久 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 遐久仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 那時／那时 (nàshí)
• 那時候／那时候 (nàshíhòu)
• 那會兒／那会儿 (colloquial)
• 那氣子／那气子 (Xiang)

 

See also

• 此時／此时 (cǐshí)