三不時
Chinese edit
| three | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三不時) | 三 | 不時 | |
| simp. (三不时) | 三 | 不时 | |
| alternative forms | 三八時／三八时 (Ningbonese) | ||
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
三不時
- (dialectal, including Jianghuai Mandarin, Southern Sixian Hakka, Wu) often; from time to time
- 牽鑽鬼不想自己原是個鈍貨，反倒妒忌他起來，千方百計的暗損他：三不時在娘面前添枝換葉裝點他短處。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Qing dynasty, 張南莊, 《何典》, chapter 5
- Qiānzuànguǐ bù xiǎng zìjǐ yuán shì ge dùnhuò, fǎndǎo dùjì tā qǐlái, qiānfāngbǎijì de ànsǔn tā: sānbùshí zài niáng miànqián tiānzhīhuànyè zhuāngdiǎn tā duǎnchù. [Pinyin]
- The petty-ghost, not regarding the possibility of he himself being slow, starts being jealous and tries to slander him nevertheless with numerous schemes: from time to time he would invent tall-tales to tell in front of their mother, what seemed to gild all his vices.
牵钻鬼不想自己原是个钝货，反倒妒忌他起来，千方百计的暗损他：三不时在娘面前添枝换叶装点他短处。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 老鴇隨便啥事體先要去問俚，俚說那價是那價，還要三不時去拍拍俚馬屁末好。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
- From: 1892, 韓邦慶 (Han Bangqing), 《海上花列傳》 (The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai), chapter 6
- 6lau-pau3 2ze-bi6 5sa 6zy-thi3 1si 5iau 5chi 6men 1li 1li-seq7 6na-ka5 6zy 6na-ka5 2we-iau5 1se-peq7-zy2 5chi 7phaq-phaq7 1li 6mo-phi5-meq8 3hau [Wugniu]
- Come what may, she's always the first one who the pimp goes to for opinions: she's always the one who gets the final word, who he purposefully showers with flattery every so often.
老鸨随便啥事体先要去问俚，俚说那价是那价，还要三不时去拍拍俚马屁末好。 [Suzhounese, simp.]