多時

See also: 多时

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (多時)		多	時
simp. (多时)		多	时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōshí

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄕˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duoshíh
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-shih²
  - Yale: dwō-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshyr
  - Palladius: доши (doši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Adverb

多時

(literary) for a long time; for a while
- 昨夜夜半，枕上分明夢見，語多時。依舊桃花面，頻低柳葉眉。 [Ci, trad.]
  昨夜夜半，枕上分明梦见，语多时。依旧桃花面，频低柳叶眉。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: circa 900s, 韋莊 (Wei Zhuang),《女冠子》, translated by Lois Fusek
  Zuóyè yèbàn, zhěn shàng fēnmíng mèngjiàn, yǔ duōshí. Yījiù táohuāmiàn, pín dī liǔyèméi. [Pinyin]
  Last night at the very hour of midnight!
  As I slept, you came to me so clearly in my dream,
  And we talked on and on.
  Your face was the same lovely peach blossom.
  Your finely curved brows were willow leaves.
- 等多時春不歸來，到春時欲睡。 [Ci, trad.]
  等多时春不归来，到春时欲睡。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: 1297, 劉辰翁,《寶鼎現·春月》
  Děng duōshí chūn bù guīlái, dào chūn shí yù shuì. [Pinyin]
  I waited and waited, hoping the springtime could come back to the earth. Now it is spring in season, but all I want to do is to sleep.
- 天教你富，莫太奢，沒多時好天良夜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  天教你富，莫太奢，没多时好天良夜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. early 14^th century, 馬致遠 (Ma Zhiyuan),《夜行船·秋思》
  Tiān jiào nǐ fù, mò tài shē, méi duōshí hǎotiānliángyè. [Pinyin]
  No matter how rich you may be,
  Don't live in luxury!
  O happy days and nights last but a short time.

Antonyms

不多時／不多时 (bùduōshí)