Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Time IX

I have put together a list of miscellaneous words pertaining to time in this post to help you master our mother tongue. 

zi2deng2 衹轉只转

recently

zui4jin4 最近

zia2si5 者時者时

recently

zui4jin4 最近

tiang1za2 天早

just now

gang1cai2 剛才刚才

zoin5gui2ni5 幾年|前几年

recent few years

zui4jin4ji3nian2 最近幾年|最近几年

zoin5gui2ghuêh8 幾月|前几月

recent few months

最近幾月|最近几月

zoin5gui2rig8 前幾日|前几日

recent few days

最近幾天|最近几天

zêg8ê7  一下

a little while

yi1xia4 一下

dang2ê6 等下

a little while

yi1xia4 一下

ka3dêng2 敲等

a little while

yi1xia4 一下

kung3gian

a little while

yi1xia4 一下

zêg8kung3gian2 一困仔

a little while

yi1xia4 一下

dang2 zêg8ê7 一下

wait for a little while

deng3yi1xia4 等一下

gu2deng5  久長|久长

long term

chang2jiu3 長久|长久

ciang5gu2 長久|长久

for a long time

chang2jiu3 長久|长久

deng5ti5 長持|长持

for a long time

chang2jiu3 長久|长久

gu2si6 久死

for a very long time

hen3chang2 shi2jian1 很長時間|很长时间

tang3ni5 暢年|畅年

a very long time

很長一段時間很長一段时间

iong2iang2 永遠永远

forever

yong3yuan3 永遠永远

tang3si3nang5 世人世人

forever

yong3yuan3 永遠永远

diam7diam7 扂扂

always

zong3shi4 總是总是

zong2si6 總是总是

always

zong3shi4 總是总是

si5kêg4 時刻|时刻

always, constantly

shi2ke4 時刻|时刻

u6diang5si5 [亻㐱][亻㐱]

sometimes

you3shi2hou5 有時候有时候

u6si5 有時有时

sometimes

you3shi2 有時有时

u6siang1si5 有相時|有相时

sometimes

you3shi2hou5 有時候有时候

za2zung5 早陣

for a while, for a spell

yi1zhen4zi5 一陣子一阵子

si5zung7 |时

period of time

zhen4zi5 陣子阵子

si5kêg4 時刻|时刻

period of time

shi2ke4 時刻|时刻

tang3rig8 暢日|畅日

whole day

zheng3tian1 整天

hoh4 gu2 hoh4 gu2 in2zoin好久好久以前

long long time ago

很久很久以前

u6zêg8ce3 有一次

once upon a time

you3yi1ci4 有一次

tao5ce3 頭次|头次

first time

di4yi1ci4 第一次

muê2ce3 每次

every time

每一次

Just a point about gu2si6 久死 -  normally  si2 is tone 2 but people say it as tone 6 to emphasise that it has been very long since they had last met. Rules are there to be broken and if you were to listen to native speakers speak, they often change the tones of characters to make a point to emphasise something. Do remember, a language is alive and rules are dead and only to be used as a guideline. 

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