時節

See also: 时节

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (時節)		時	節
simp. (时节)		时	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shíjié

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыҗе (sɨži͡ə, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ zit³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-chiet

(Hailu, HRS): shi zied
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si² ze⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-choeh / sî-cheh / sî-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjié
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chieh²
  - Yale: shŕ-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjye
  - Palladius: шицзе (šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыҗе (sɨži͡ə, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴ t͡ɕiə⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ zit³
  - Yale: sìh jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ t͡siːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-chiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˇ jied^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² jiad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ¹¹ t͡si̯et̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shi zied
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃi⁵⁵ t͡siet⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: si² ze⁵ [Phonetic: si⁴ e⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sí-cā̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi¹³⁻⁴² ^(t͡s-)e¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: si² ze⁵ [Phonetic: si⁴ le⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi²⁴⁻⁴² ^(t͡s-)le²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-choeh
  - Tâi-lô: sî-tsueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sizoeq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /si²⁴⁻²² t͡sueʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² t͡sueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-cheh
  - Tâi-lô: sî-tseh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sizeq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² t͡seʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ t͡seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: sî-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siciad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/

Noun

時節

season (part of the year when something occurs)
(dialectal) time
- 人子得榮耀个時節到了！ [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  人子得荣耀个时节到了！ [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 約翰福音 (John) 12:23
  Ngìn-chṳ́ tet yùng-yeu ke sṳ̀-chiet to lé! [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Synonyms

(season):

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令 (literary, or in compounds)
季候 (jìhòu) (dialectal)
季節 / 季节 (jìjié)
時令 / 时令
歲時 / 岁时 (suìshí)
氣候 / 气候 (qìhòu) (literary)
節後 / 节后 (jiéhòu) (season and climate)

(time):

Dialectal synonyms of 時候 (“time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		時候
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	時候兒, 工夫兒
	Taiwan	時候
	Malaysia	時候
	Singapore	時候
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	時候
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	時候兒
	Wanrong	時候
	Xi'an	時候, 時間
	Xining	時候
	Xuzhou	時候
	Pizhou	時候
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	時候
	Donghai	時候
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	時候, 時候兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	時節
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	時候
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	時辰, 時候
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	時候
	Yangzhou	時候
	Baoying	時候
	Taizhou	時辰, 時候
	Zhenjiang	時候, 時辰
	Lianyungang	時候
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	時候
	Xuyi	功夫
	Nantong	時辰, 辰光
	Rugao	時辰, 時候
	Yancheng	時候, 辰光
	Funing	時辰
	Sihong	時間
	Hefei	時候
Cantonese	Guangzhou	時候
	Hong Kong	時候
	Yangjiang	時候
	Singapore (Guangfu)	時候
Gan	Nanchang	時間, 時候, 場中
Gan	Pingxiang	時會
Hakka	Meixian	時候
	Changting	時節
	Liancheng	時節
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	時節
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	時節
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	時節
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	時節
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	時節
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	時務
Huizhou	Jixi	時候
Jin	Taiyuan	時候
Northern Min	Jian'ou	時候
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	辰候, 時候
	Fuzhou (Changle)	辰候
	Fuqing	時辰
	Yongtai	辰候
	Gutian	辰候
	Fu'an	辰候
	Ningde	流桓
	Shouning	辰候
	Zhouning	辰候
	Fuding	辰候
Southern Min	Xiamen	時陣, 時節
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	時陣
	Quanzhou	時陣
	Jinjiang	時節, 時陣
	Shishi	時陣
	Anxi	時陣
	Yongchun	時節, 時陣
	Zhangzhou	時陣
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	時陣
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	時陣
	Zhao'an	時陣
	Taipei	時陣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	時陣
	Kaohsiung	時陣
	Yilan	時陣, 當時
	Changhua (Lukang)	時陣
	Taichung	時陣
	Taichung (Wuqi)	時陣
	Tainan	時陣
	Taitung	時陣
	Hsinchu	時陣
	Kinmen	時陣
	Penghu (Magong)	時陣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	時陣
	Manila (Hokkien)	時陣, 時間, 時節
	Chaozhou	時陣, 時候
	Shantou	時候
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	時候
	Jieyang	時陣
	Singapore (Teochew)	時候
	Wenchang	時候
	Qionghai	時候
	Singapore (Hainanese)	時候
Puxian Min	Putian	時節, 時頭
Puxian Min	Xianyou	時節
Wu	Shanghai	辰光
	Shanghai (Chongming)	辰光
	Suzhou	辰光
	Wuxi	辰光
	Changshu	辰光
	Nantong (Haimen)	辰光
	Changzhou	辰光
	Danyang	時候, 辰光
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	辰光
	Hangzhou	辰光
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	辰光
	Ningbo	辰光, 時節 rare, 時候 dated
	Wenzhou	時節
	Jinhua	時節
Xiang	Changsha	時候
	Loudi	時界, 時界唧, 時際
	Shuangfeng	時候, 時基, 時家

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (時節):

→ Japanese: 時節(じせつ) (jisetsu)
→ Korean: 시절(時節) (sijeol)
→ Vietnamese: thời tiết (時節)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “时节”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	節
じ Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じせつ [jíꜜsètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑise̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

時(じ)節(せつ) • (jisetsu)

time of year; seasons
opportunity, occasion
- 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
  まあ気(き)を永(なが)く猫(ねこ)の時節(じせつ)を待(ま)つがよかろう。
  Mā ki o nagaku neko no jisetsu o matsu ga yokarō.
  I think it best to wait in patience for the Day of the Cats.

Derived terms

時(じ)節(せつ)到(とう)来(らい) (jisetsu tōrai)
時(じ)節(せつ)外(はず)れ (jisetsu hazure)
時(じ)節(せつ)感(かん)当(とう) (jisetsu kantō)
時(じ)節(せつ)柄(がら) (jisetsugara)
時(じ)節(せつ)見(み)舞(ま)い (jisetsu mimai)
時(じ)節(せつ)違(ちが)い (jisetsu chigai)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “時節”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
時	節

Noun

時節 • (sijeol) (hangeul 시절)

hanja form^? of 시절 (“season”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
時	節

Noun

時節

chữ Hán form of thời tiết (“weather”)

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2-4] “時節”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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