# 時而
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shí'ér
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^4$ ji$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-lî / sî-jî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shí'ér
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-ér
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$-êrh$^2$
*** Yale: shŕ-ér
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrerl
*** Palladius: шиэр (šier)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^4$ ji$^4$
*** Yale: sìh yìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^4$ ji$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^4$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː²¹ jiː²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$時宜／时宜 時而／时而
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-lî
*** Tâi-lô: sî-lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: silii
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-jî
*** Tâi-lô: sî-jî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sijii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² d͡zi¹³/

### Adverb

時而
* from time to time; occasionally; sometimes
* now... now...; sometimes... sometimes... (used reduplicatively)

#### Synonyms

* (from time to time):
* 一半下 (Hakka)
* 一時／一时 (yīshí)
* 下把 (Hakka)
* 下把仔 (Hakka)
* 不時／不时 (bùshí)
* 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)
* 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) |