一時半刻

Chinese

		a period of time; for a short while; for a time a period of time; for a short while; for a time; temporarily; momentarily; once	half ke; 7.2 minutes
trad. (一時半刻)		一時	半刻
simp. (一时半刻)		一时	半刻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīshíbànkè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁴ bun³ hak¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-sṳ̀-pan-khiet / yit-sṳ̀-pan-khiat

(Hailu, HRS): rhid shi ban^ˇ kied

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànkè [Phonetic: yìshíbànkè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànkè
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannkeh
  - Palladius: ишибанькэ (išibanʹkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ si⁴ bun³ hak¹
  - Yale: yāt sìh bun hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁴ bun³ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁴ bun³ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ puːn³³ hɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ̀-pan-khiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ sii^ˇ ban kied^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si² ban⁴ kiad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² sɨ¹¹ pan⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ̀-pan-khiat
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ sii^ˇ ban kiad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si² ban⁴ kiad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² sɨ¹¹ pan⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhid shi ban^ˇ kied
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² ʃi⁵⁵ pan¹¹ kʰiet⁵/

Idiom

一時半刻

a short time; a little while
他一時半刻還回不來。 [MSC, trad.]
他一时半刻还回不来。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīshíbànkè hái huí bù lái. [Pinyin]
He won't be back for a little while yet.