暫時

See also: 暂时

Chinese

		temporary; temporarily	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (暫時)		暫	時
simp. (暂时)		暂	时

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zànshí, zhànshí, zǎnshí

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ ㄕˊ, ㄓㄢˋ ㄕˊ, ㄗㄢˇ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam⁶ si⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiam-sṳ̀

(Meixian, Guangdong): qiam⁴ si²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiām-sî
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ze-zy / ⁶dzaen-zy₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zànshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zànshíh
  - Wade–Giles: tsan⁴-shih²
  - Yale: dzàn-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzannshyr
  - Palladius: цзаньши (czanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhànshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhànshíh
  - Wade–Giles: chan⁴-shih²
  - Yale: jàn-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannshyr
  - Palladius: чжаньши (čžanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    戰時 / 战时
    暫時 / 暂时
- (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎnshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˇ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎnshíh
  - Wade–Giles: tsan³-shih²
  - Yale: dzǎn-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaanshyr
  - Palladius: цзаньши (czanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaam⁶ si⁴
  - Yale: jaahm sìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam⁶ si⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zam⁶ xi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm²² siː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiam-sṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiam sii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiam⁴ si²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯am⁵⁵ sɨ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qiam⁴ si²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiām-sî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiām-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxmsii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam³³⁻²¹ si²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ze-zy
  - MiniDict: ze^去 zy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ze-zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ze²² zz̩⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dzaen-zy₂
  - MiniDict: dzaen^去 zy^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡zẽ̞¹¹ zz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: dzamH dzyi

Rime
Character	暫	時
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	藏濫切	市之切
Baxter	dzamH	dzyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑm^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑm^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑm^H/	/d͡ʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zam^H/	/d͡ʑɨ/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑm^H/	/ʑiə/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑm^H/	/ʑĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑm^H/	/ʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaam⁶	si⁴

Adjective

暫時

temporary
一切都是暫時的。 [MSC, trad.]
一切都是暂时的。 [MSC, simp.]
Yīqiè dōu shì zànshí de. [Pinyin]
Everything is temporary.

Synonyms

短暫／短暂 (duǎnzàn)
臨時／临时 (línshí)

Antonyms

長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
永遠／永远 (yǒngyuǎn)

Adverb

暫時

Synonyms

(for the time being):

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姑且 (gūqiě)
暫 / 暂 (zàn) (formal, or in compounds)
暫且 / 暂且 (zànqiě)
權且 / 权且 (quánqiě) (literary)
權時 / 权时 (quánshí) (literary)
聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
臨時 / 临时 (línshí)
苟且 (gǒuqiě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暫	時
ざん Grade: S	じ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

暫(ざん)時(じ) • (zanji)

(for a) short while

Korean

Hanja in this term
暫	時

Noun

暫時 • (jamsi) (hangeul 잠시)

hanja form^? of 잠시 (“a moment, a short time”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暫	時

Adjective

暫時

chữ Hán form of tạm thời (“temporary”)