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The Cantonese word si hau - 时候 - si4 hau6
(time in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

si4 hau6

English translations

time, moment

Chinese characters:

时候
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时候 (si4 hau6) is composed of these characters: 时, 候
时候 ( si hau / si4 hau6 ) in traditional characters
時候
Topic
Time: General Terms

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

a unit of length  |  sun
时候 ( si hau / si4 hau6 ) belongs to the 10 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 5)
Cantonese words containing the word 时候 ( si hau / si4 hau6 ) :
si4 hau6 ( 的时候 ), si4 hau6 ( 有时候 )
More words that mean time in Cantonese
gung1 fu1 ( 工夫 ), hau6 ( 候 ), jat6 zi2 ( 日子 ), paak3 ( 拍 ), si4 ( 时 ), si4 gaan1 ( 时间 ), tin1 ( 天 ), tong3 ( 趟 )
More words that mean moment in Cantonese
pin3 hak1 ( 片刻 ), si4 hak1 ( 时刻 )

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