無時無刻

See also: 无时无刻

Chinese

		not have	time	not have	moment
trad. (無時無刻)		無	時	無	刻
simp. (无时无刻)		无	时	无	刻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúshíwúkè

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-sî-bû-khek / bô-sî-bô-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúshíwúkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúshíhwúkè
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-shih²-wu²-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: wú-shŕ-wú-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushyrwukeh
  - Palladius: ушиукэ (ušiukɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹
  - Yale: mòuh sìh mòuh hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi⁴ mou⁴ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː²¹ mou̯²¹ hɐk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-sî-bû-khek
  - Tâi-lô: bû-sî-bû-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busi'bu'qeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ si²³⁻³³ bu²³⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-sî-bô-khek
  - Tâi-lô: bô-sî-bô-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boisi'boi'qeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/

Etymology 1

Composed of 無 (“have not”) + 時 (“time”) + 無 (“have not”) + 刻 (“moment”).

Idiom

無時無刻

at no time; never
他無時無刻不坐在電腦旁。 [MSC, trad.]
他无时无刻不坐在电脑旁。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā wúshíwúkè bù zuò zài diànnǎo páng. [Pinyin]
He is always sitting by the computer.
- 自是行忘止，食忘饗，卻像掉下了一件甚麼東西，無時無刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  自是行忘止，食忘飨，却像掉下了一件什么东西，无时无刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
  Zì shì xíng wàng zhǐ, shí wàng xiǎng, què xiàng diàoxià le yī jiàn shénme dōngxi, wúshíwúkè bù zài xīnshàng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

Usually used with negative particles (e.g. 不) to form double negative sentences, with the meaning of “all the time, incessantly”.

Etymology 2

Composed of 無 (“regardless of”) + 時 (“time”) + 無 (“regardless of”) + 刻 (“moment”) (Wang, 2010).

Idiom

無時無刻

at all times; anytime
他無時無刻都在打電動。 [MSC, trad.]
他无时无刻都在打电动。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā wúshíwúkè dōu zài dǎdiàndòng. [Pinyin]
He is always playing video games.

佢無時無刻都係喺度打機。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢无时无刻都系喺度打机。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ mou⁴ si⁴ mou⁴ hak¹ dou¹ hai⁶ hai² dou⁶ daa² gei¹. [Jyutping]
He is always playing video games.
- 1995, “天真”, performed by 杜德偉:
  
  我無時無刻　無所不能的爲你　耐心的等　等你來疼 [MSC, trad.]
  我无时无刻　无所不能的为你　耐心的等　等你来疼 [MSC, simp.]
  wǒ wúshíwúkè, wúsuǒbùnéng de wèi nǐ, nàixīn de děng, děng nǐ lái téng [Pinyin]
  All the time, omnipotently, I wait for you patiently, wait for you to love me

Usage notes

Usually used with 都 to mean “all the time, incessantly”.