# 頃之
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐngzhī
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄓ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): king$^2$ zi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngzhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngjhih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^3$-chih$^1$
*** Yale: chǐng-jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingjy
*** Palladius: цинчжи (cinčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: king$^2$ zi$^1$
*** Yale: kíng jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: king$^2$ dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: king$^2$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɪŋ³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khjwiengX tsyi
Rime :
| Character | 頃 | 之 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (122) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 去潁切 | 止而切 |
| Baxter | khjwiengX | tsyi |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰwiᴇŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷiɛŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuæŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwiajŋ$^X$/ | /cɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiuɛŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiə/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭwɛŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰi̯wɛŋ$^X$/ | /t͡ɕi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiǒng | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hing$^2$ | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰeŋʔ tə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeŋʔ tjɯ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 頃 | 之 | 之 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qǐng | zhī | zhī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjwieng$^X$ › | ‹ tsyi › | ‹ tsyi › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷʰeŋʔ/ | /*tə/ | /*tə/ |
| English | interval, short while | go to | (3p object pronoun; attributive particle) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頃 | 之 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10508 | 17188 |
| Phonetic component | 頃 | 之 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頃 | 之 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷeŋʔ/ | /*tjɯ/ |

### Adverb

頃之
* (Classical) shortly after; in a moment

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不久 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 不久, 沒多久 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 不久, 沒多久 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不久, 沒多久 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 冇幾耐, 冇耐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 冇幾耐, 冇耐 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 冇幾耐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無幾久 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無幾久 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 無偌久 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 唔久, 無若久 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 不一下兒過 |