# 什麼時候
## Chinese

| | | what; something | period of time; a point in time |
| trad. (什麼時候/甚麼時候/什麽時候) | trad. (什麼時候/甚麼時候/什麽時候) | 什麼/甚麼/什麽 | 時候 |
| simp. (什么时候) | simp. (什么时候) | 什么 | 时候 |
| Literally: “what time”. ||||

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shénme shíhou, shénme shíhòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ, ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^6$ mo$^1$ si$^4$ hau$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shénme shíhou
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shénme̊ shíhho̊u
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^2$-mê$^5$ shih$^2$-hou$^5$
*** Yale: shén-me shŕ-hou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.me shyr.hou
*** Palladius: шэньмэ шихоу (šɛnʹmɛ šixou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən³⁵ mə³ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯³/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shénme shíhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shénme̊ shíhhòu
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^2$-mê$^5$ shih$^2$-hou$^4$
*** Yale: shén-me shŕ-hòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.me shyrhow
*** Palladius: шэньмэ шихоу (šɛnʹmɛ šixou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən³⁵ mə³ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^6$ mo$^1$ si$^4$ hau$^6$
*** Yale: sahm mō sìh hauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^6$ mo$^1$ si$^4$ hau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^6$ mo$^1$ xi$^4$ heo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵ siː²¹ hɐu̯²²/

### Adverb

什麼時候
* when; what time
    現在什麼時候？／现在什么时候？ ― Xiànzài shénme shíhòu? ― What time is it?
       Nǐ shénme shíhòu huílái? [Pinyin]
       When will you get back?
       Nǐ shénme shíhòu jiàndào tā de? [Pinyin]
       When did you see him?
       Zhè dào shénme shíhòu shì ge tóu a? [Pinyin]
       When will this be over?

#### Usage notes

If one wants to ask the exact time, 幾點鐘／几点钟 (jǐdiǎnzhōng) is used instead.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 曷, 何時, 幾時 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 何時, 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多咱兒, 多會兒, 多咱, 多早, 多早晚兒, 多咱晚兒, 多晚兒, 幾兒, 幾兒個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 啥時候, 多會兒, 多前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 啥時候兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱, 多晚, 多晚兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 多咱, 多晚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 啥時候, 多前兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 多咱兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 多會兒, 多怎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 多會兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多咱, 什麼時候, 麼時候 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 多亥兒, 多時晚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 多咱, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 多咱晚兒, 啥時候兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 多乎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 幾當番 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 啥時候兒, 多早兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 多乎兒, 啥時候, 阿個時候, 阿會兒, 阿空兒, 多咱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 早晚, 多咱, 多會兒, 啥時候, 什麼時候 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥時候兒, 幾時, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 幾時, 多會, 多會兒, 啥時候 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 什麼時節 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 啥時節, 啥時候, 多會兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪陣, 哪陣子, 啥子時候, 啥子時候兒, 啥時候兒, 哪個時候, 好久 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼咱, 幾時, 幾咱, 幾麼咱, 哪咱, 哪麼咱, 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 好久, 哪崗, 哪下, 哪陣, 哪樣時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 什麼時候, 多陣, 哪陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幾時, 哪時, 什麼時候 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 什麼時候, 幾時, 多咱, 多咱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 什麼時候, 多晚子, 多晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 什麼時候, 多早晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哄晌子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 幾時, 邊時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾場中, 幾時間 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 什仔時分 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 咋個時會, 咋個時仔, 幾時, 幾時仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾時, 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 一惹時候 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耐幾時 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪下仔, 哪時, 哪時節, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪當時, 哪量時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪時, 哪央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 哪量時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾時, 哪時, 麼個時, 麼個時務 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 幾時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麼老時候, 何時, 哪一歇 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麼唉時候, 哪扎 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 底物時候, 底物時間 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 底物時候 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 什麼時候 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 底物時候 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 什時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 什會兒, 多會兒, 哪會兒, 什麼時候, 什時候 |
| Jin | Linhe | 什時候, 多咱會兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 多會兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 什時候 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 什麼時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 啥時候 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰時候, 孰麼時候 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇辰候, 乜乇時間 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 什乇時候 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 當時, 底時, 底當時 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 幾時, 幾當仔, 幾當時仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乜時候, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𫢗時, 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底𫢗時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𫢗時, 底時 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乜候 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 底時候, 乜時候, 底時, 底個時候, 乜物時候, 乜個時候, 個乜時候 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾時 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾時, 哪時 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 何辰光, 幾場浪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪歇候, 哪娘收, 哪早晚, 點高時候 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 啥格辰光 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥辰光, 咋辰光, 幾時 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何時節, 幾恁界 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幾時, 淡時節, 哪樣時節, 哪樣節, 哪時節, 待時節, 哪孑, 哪孑時節 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麼子時候 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麼子時際, 麼子時界, 麼子時界唧 |