向時

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (向時)		向	時
simp. (向时)		向	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ si⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiàⁿ-sî / hiàng-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-shih²
    • Yale: syàng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyr
    • Palladius: сянши (sjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ si⁴
    • Yale: heung sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ siː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàⁿ-sî
    • Tâi-lô: hiànn-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviarsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiã²¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-sî
    • Tâi-lô: hiàng-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiarngsii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ si²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ si²⁴/

Noun

向時

1. the old days; long ago; former times

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)