二時

Chinese

		two	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (二時)		二	時
simp. (二时)		二	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshíh
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih²
    • Yale: èr-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyr
    • Palladius: эрши (erši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ si⁴
    • Yale: yih sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² siː²¹/

Noun

二時

1. (formal) two o'clock

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兩點 (“two o'clock”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		二時, 兩點, 兩點鐘
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	兩點, 兩點鐘
	Malaysia	兩點
	Singapore	兩點
Cantonese	Hong Kong	兩點, 兩點鐘
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兩點
Southern Min	Tainan	兩點 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	二點
	Manila (Hokkien)	二點
Wu	Shanghai	兩點
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	時
に Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
2時

Etymology

From 二(に) (ni, “two”) + 時(じ) (ji, “o'clock”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) に​じ [níꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑi]

Noun

二(に)時(じ) • (ni-ji) 

1. two o'clock

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for 時(じ) (ji)
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	What time?
零(れい)時(じ) (reiji)	一(いち)時(じ) (ichiji)	二(に)時(じ) (niji)	三(さん)時(じ) (sanji)	四(よ)時(じ) (yoji)	五(ご)時(じ) (goji)	六(ろく)時(じ) (rokuji)	七(しち)時(じ) (shichiji) 七(なな)時(じ) (nanaji)	八(はち)時(じ) (hachiji)	九(く)時(じ) (kuji)	十(じゅう)時(じ) (jūji)	十(じゅう)一(いち)時(じ) (jūichiji)	十(じゅう)二(に)時(じ) (jūniji)	何(なん)時(じ) (nanji)