作時

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (作時)		作	時
simp. (作时)		作	时

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tsoq-zyu₂

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• Wu
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq-zyu₂
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入 zyu^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡soʔ⁴⁴ zz̩ʷ²³/

Adverb

作時

1. (Suzhounese) may; might

   • 天暗得來，作時要落雨。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
     天暗得来，作时要落雨。 [Suzhounese, simp.]

     From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19

     The sky is dark, it might rain.

Synonyms

• 作興／作兴
• (Standard) 可能 (kěnéng)