# 有時
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒushí
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^5$ si$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-sṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ū-sî / ǔ-sî / iú-sî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): u$^6$ si$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushí
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushíh
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^3$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: yǒu-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyr
*** Palladius: юши (juši)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$有時／有时 有識／有识 酉時／酉时
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^5$ si$^4$
*** Yale: yáuh sìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^5$ si$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^5$ xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯¹³ siː²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$有時／有时 酉時／酉时
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu$^ˊ$ sii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^1$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-sṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu$^ˊ$ sii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^1$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴ sɨ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-sî
*** Tâi-lô: ū-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uxsii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ si²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-sî
*** Tâi-lô: ǔ-sî
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² si²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sî
*** Tâi-lô: iú-sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iwsii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: u$^6$ si$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ŭ sî
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵⁻¹¹ si⁵⁵/

### Adverb

有時
* sometimes; at times; now and then
    From: 2010: 新华网, 市民绿化带种菜应对涨价
    11 yuèfèn yǐlái shūcài jìnjià shízài zhàng de tài kuài le, yǒushí yī tiān yī jià, yīge xīngqī jiù néng zhàng 5 máo. [Pinyin]
    The purchase price of vegetables since November has really been rocketing. Sometimes the prices change on a daily basis, and it can increase by 50 cents within a week.
    From: 2010: 网易新闻, 穿过城市的夜晚
    Wǒ yǒushí zǒu de hěn kuài, xiàng yào qù gǎn yīge chídào de yuēhuì; yǒushí xiǎobù mànzǒu, dōngzhāng xīwàng, mànwú mùbiāo. [Pinyin]
    Sometimes I walk very fast as if I was late for a date; sometimes I loiter, gaze around, without a certain destination in mind.

#### Synonyms

* 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)
* 時而／时而 (shí'ér)
* 有成時／有成时 (Hakka)
* 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) |

#### Derived terms

* 仙人拍鼓有時錯，跤步踏差啥人無／仙人拍鼓有时错，跤步踏差啥人无 (sian-jîn phah kó͘ iú sî chhò, kha-pō͘ ta̍h-chha siáⁿ-lâng bô) (Min Nan)