時辰
simp时辰si4 san4shí chen
English
- time
- Chinese-hour, a unit of time. Traditionally one day is divided into twelve "Chinese-hours", each Chinese-hour is equivalent to two hours. They are named after the twelve Earthly Branches. See 天干地支 for more information.
- one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
粵語 — Cantonese
- 時間單位。傳統中國紀錄時間嘅方法係將每日分成十二個時辰,每時辰係兩小時,以地支做名稱,由半夜開始計起。詳情見天干地支。
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk