有時

See also: 有时

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (有時)		有	時
simp. (有时)		有	时
Literally: “there are times when”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ si⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-sṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ū-sî / ǔ-sî / iú-sî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u⁶ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushíh
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-shih²
    • Yale: yǒu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyr
    • Palladius: юши (juši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 有時／有时 有識／有识 酉時／酉时

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ si⁴
    • Yale: yáuh sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 有時／有时 酉時／酉时

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-sî
    • Tâi-lô: ū-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxsii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ si²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: ǔ-sî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sî
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u⁶ si⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ŭ sî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵⁻¹¹ si⁵⁵/

Adverb

有時

1. sometimes; at times; now and then

   • 11月份以來蔬菜進價實在漲得太快了，有時一天一價，一個星期就能漲5毛。 [MSC, trad.]
     11月份以来蔬菜进价实在涨得太快了，有时一天一价，一个星期就能涨5毛。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010: 新华网, 市民绿化带种菜应对涨价

     11 yuèfèn yǐlái shūcài jìnjià shízài zhàng de tài kuài le, yǒushí yī tiān yī jià, yīge xīngqī jiù néng zhàng 5 máo. [Pinyin]

     The purchase price of vegetables since November has really been rocketing. Sometimes the prices change on a daily basis, and it can increase by 50 cents within a week.

   • 我有時走得很快，像要去趕一個遲到的約會；有時小步慢走，東張西望，漫無目標。 [MSC, trad.]
     我有时走得很快，像要去赶一个迟到的约会；有时小步慢走，东张西望，漫无目标。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010: 网易新闻, 穿过城市的夜晚

     Wǒ yǒushí zǒu de hěn kuài, xiàng yào qù gǎn yīge chídào de yuēhuì; yǒushí xiǎobù mànzǒu, dōngzhāng xīwàng, mànwú mùbiāo. [Pinyin]

     Sometimes I walk very fast as if I was late for a date; sometimes I loiter, gaze around, without a certain destination in mind.

Synonyms

• 一時／一时 (yīshí)
• 不時／不时 (bùshí)
• 久不久 (jiǔbùjiǔ) (regional)
• 偶而 (ǒu'ér)
• 時不時／时不时 (shíbùshí)
• 時而／时而 (shí'ér)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 有時 (“sometimes; at times; now and then”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		有時, 有時候, 偶爾, 間或
Mandarin	Beijing	晃晃兒
	Taiwan	有時候
	Jinan	有時候
	Xi'an	有時候兒
	Chengdu	久不久, 時不時
	Xuzhou	時早晚兒, 時不早晚兒, 時不時
	Singapore	有時候
Cantonese	Guangzhou	有陣時, 間中, 間或, 耐不耐, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐時, 耐中, 耐唔中, 久時久, 久唔久, 久不久
	Hong Kong	有時, 有陣時, 有時候, 間中, 間唔中, 間唔時, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐不耐, 耐唔時, 久唔久, 久不久, 一時時, 時不時
	Dongguan	耐不耐, 久久
Gan	Nanchang	有時間
	Pingxiang	有時會
Hakka	Meixian	間中, 下把仔, 成下仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	有成時, 成時, 成擺, 一半下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	有成時, 下把仔, 有時節, 成時, 成下仔, 成擺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	有成時, 成半下, 成時, 下把, 下把下, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	有時務, 一半下, 一半時務, 一半擺
Southern Min	Xiamen	有時陣, 有當時, 拄陣, 拄時陣
	Quanzhou	有時陣, 拄陣, 拄時陣
	Shishi	有陣
	Zhangzhou	有時陣, 有時仔, 有當時
	Tainan	有當時仔, 有時陣, 拄時陣, 拄著仔, 有時仔 GT, 有時 GT, 罕罕仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	有當時, 有時陣
	Manila (Hokkien)	有時陣, 有陣仔, 有陣時, 有陣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耐耐
Wu	Shanghai	有常時, 有辰光, 常時, 難板, 有常
	Shanghai (Chongming)	有常時, 有辰光
	Hangzhou	有時光
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 仙人拍鼓有時錯，跤步踏差啥人無／仙人拍鼓有时错，跤步踏差啥人无 (sian-jîn phah kó͘ iú sî chhò, kha-pō͘ ta̍h-chha siáⁿ-lâng bô) (Min Nan)