# 臨時
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): línshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$ si$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lìm-sṳ̀
    (Hailu, HRS): lim shi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lim$^2$ si$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-sî / liâm-sî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lim$^5$ si$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: línshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: línshíh
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^2$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: lín-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linshyr
*** Palladius: линьши (linʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lam$^4$ si$^4$
*** Yale: làhm sìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lam$^4$ si$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lem$^4$ xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐm²¹ siː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-sṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: lim$^ˇ$ sii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lim$^2$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ sɨ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lim shi
*** Sinological IPA: /lim⁵⁵ ʃi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lim$^2$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ sz̩¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-sî
*** Tâi-lô: lîm-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: limsii
*** IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² si¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ si²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm-sî
*** Tâi-lô: liâm-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liamsii
*** IPA (Taipei): /liam²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liam²⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²³⁻³³ si²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³⁻²² si¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lim$^5$ si$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm sî
*** Sinological IPA : /lim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si⁵⁵/

### Adjective

臨時
* temporary; provisional; ad hoc; interim
    臨時措施／临时措施 ― línshí cuòshī ― provisional measures
    臨時停車場／临时停车场 ― línshí tíngchēchǎng ― temporary parking lot
    臨時關閉／临时关闭 ― línshí guānbì ― temporarily closed

#### Synonyms

* 短暫／短暂 (duǎnzàn)
* 暫時／暂时 (zànshí)
* (for the time being):
* 姑且 (gūqiě)
* 暫 / 暂 (zàn) (formal, or in compounds)
* 暫且 / 暂且 (zànqiě)
* 暫時 / 暂时
* 權且 / 权且 (quánqiě) (literary)
* 權時 / 权时 (quánshí) (literary)
* 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 苟且 (gǒuqiě)

#### Antonyms

* 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
* 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
* 永遠／永远 (yǒngyuǎn)

### Adverb

臨時
* at the time when something happens; at the last moment
    臨時變卦／临时变卦 ― línshí biànguà ― to change one’s mind at the last moment

#### Synonyms

* (at the time when something happens): (Hokkien) 臨當時／临当时

#### Derived terms

* 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo)
* 臨時代辦 / 临时代办
* 臨時工 / 临时工 (línshígōng)
* 臨時性 / 临时性
* 臨時抱佛腳 / 临时抱佛脚 (línshí bào fójiǎo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 臨 | 時 |
| りん Grade: 6 | じ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りんじ [rìńjí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɾʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

### Noun

臨(りん)時(じ) • (rinji)
* being temporary, special

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 臨 | 時 |

### Noun

臨時 • (imsi) (hangeul 임시)
* hanja form of 임시 (“being temporary”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 臨 | 時 |

### Adjective

臨時
* chữ Hán form of lâm thời (“provisional; temporary”).