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時si4辰san4

simp时辰
si4 san4shí chen

English

  1. time
  2. 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.
  3. one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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