# 不時
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ si$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-sṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): put-sî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bug$^4$ si$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùshíh
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: bù-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyr
*** Palladius: буши (buši)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$不實／不实 不時／不时 不識／不识 布什
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ si$^4$
*** Yale: bāt sìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ si$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-sṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: bud$^ˋ$ sii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bud$^5$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚² sɨ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sî
*** Tâi-lô: put-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: putsii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ si¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ si²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bug$^4$ si$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk sî
*** Sinological IPA : /puk̚²⁻⁴ si⁵⁵/

### Adverb

不時
* often; frequently
    他不時來看我。／他不时来看我。 ― Tā bùshí lái kàn wǒ. ― He comes to see me frequently.
* from time to time; now and then
* anytime; at any time

#### Synonyms

* (often):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 常 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 常常 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 常常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 常常, 常, 時常 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 常常, 常, 時常 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 帶常, 時常 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 常 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 常 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 經常 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 周時 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 千常, 時常 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 長日 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 三不時, 時不時 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 常常, 時常, 時不時 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 稠稠, 稠, 盡稠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 定定, 常常, 四常, 不時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 長時, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 長世, 長常 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 常樁, 常常, 經常 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 千常 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 時常, 常時, 常樁 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 清清, 常期 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 練常, 常常 |
* (from time to time):
* 一半下 (Hakka)
* 一時／一时 (yīshí)
* 下把 (Hakka)
* 下把仔 (Hakka)
* 久不久 (jiǔbùjiǔ) (regional)
* 久唔久 (gau$^2$ m$^4$ gau$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 偶爾／偶尔 (ǒu'ěr)
* 偶而 (ǒu'ér)
* 成下 (Hakka)
* 成下仔 (Hakka)
* 成擺／成摆 (Hakka)
* 成時／成时 (Hakka)
* 拄時陣／拄时阵 (Min Nan)
* 拄陣／拄阵 (Min Nan)
* 時不時／时不时 (shíbùshí)
* 晃晃兒／晃晃儿 (huànghuàngr) (Beijing)
* 時而／时而 (shí'ér)
* 有成時／有成时 (Hakka)
* 有時／有时 (yǒushí)
* 有時仔／有时仔 (Min Nan)
* 有時候／有时候
* 有時陣／有时阵 (Min Nan)
* 有當時／有当时 (Min Nan)
* 有當時仔／有当时仔 (Min Nan)
* 有陣仔／有阵仔 (Min Nan)
* 有陣時／有阵时 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
* 罕罕仔 (Min Nan)
* 耐唔中 (noi$^6$ m$^4$ zung$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 耐唔時／耐唔时 (noi$^6$ m$^4$ si$^{4-2}$) (Cantonese)
* 耐唔耐 (noi$^6$ m$^4$ noi$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese)
* 間中／间中 (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 間唔中／间唔中 (gaan$^3$ m$^4$ zung$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 間唔時／间唔时 (gaan$^3$ m$^4$ si$^{4-2}$) (Cantonese)
* 難板／难板 ($^6$ne-pe) (Shanghainese)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 有時, 有時候, 偶爾, 間或 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晃晃兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 有時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 有時候 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 有時候 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 有時候兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 時早晚兒, 時不早晚兒, 時不時 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 久不久, 時不時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 有陣時, 間中, 間或, 耐不耐, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐時, 耐中, 耐唔中, 久時久, 久唔久, 久不久 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 有時, 有陣時, 有時候, 間中, 間唔中, 間唔時, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐不耐, 耐唔時, 久唔久, 久不久, 一時時, 時不時 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 耐不耐, 久久 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 有時間 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 有時會 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 間中, 下把仔, 成下仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 有成時, 成時, 成擺, 一半下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 有成時, 下把仔, 有時節, 成時, 成下仔, 成擺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 有成時, 成半下, 成時, 下把, 下把下, 成下, 成擺, 一半下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 有時務, 一半下, 一半時務, 一半擺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 有時陣, 有當時, 拄陣, 拄時陣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 有時陣, 拄陣, 拄時陣 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 有陣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 有時陣, 有時仔, 有當時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有當時仔, 有時陣, 拄時陣, 拄著仔, 有時仔 GT, 有時 GT, 罕罕仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 有當時, 有時陣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 有時陣, 有陣仔, 有陣時, 有陣 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耐耐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 有常時, 有辰光, 常時, 難板, 有常 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 有常時, 有辰光 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 有時光 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Noun

不時
* a certain time; sometime

#### Derived terms

* 不時之需／不时之需 (bùshízhīxū)

### References

* “Entry #708”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 時 |
| ふ Grade: 4 | じ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ʑi]

### Noun

不(ふ)時(じ) • (fuji)
* unexpected time