著時

Chinese

		particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (著時/着時)		著/着	時
simp. (着时)		着	时

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek⁶ si⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo⁷ si²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tio̍h-sî

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoek⁶ si⁴
  - Yale: jeuhk sìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁹ si⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêg⁶ xi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚² siː²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁷ si² [Phonetic: dieo⁵ si²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̤u̍h-sí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu¹³⁻¹¹ ɬi¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo⁷ si² [Phonetic: dieo⁵ si²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu²⁴⁻²¹ ɬi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍h-sî
  - Tâi-lô: tio̍h-sî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioiqsii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² si²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ si¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²³/

Verb

著時

(Hokkien, Puxian Min) to be lucky; to have good timing; to come at an appropriate time
(Hokkien) to be on the same season

Synonyms

(to have good timing): 得時／得时 (déshí)

Adjective

著時

(Cantonese, dated) timely
- 1992, 審死官 [Justice, My Foot!]:
  
  死人宋世傑吖，死都死得唔著時。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  死人宋世杰吖，死都死得唔著时。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  sei² jan⁴ sung³ sai³ git⁶ a¹, sei² dou¹ sei² dak¹ m⁴ zoek⁶ si⁴. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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), “著时”, 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 152.