子时

子時
zǐshí
11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) the hours of the rat (11:00pm to 1:00am)
  2. the hours of the rat (11:00pm to 1:00am)

Wiktionary

古代以十二地支计时。子时是指夜晚十一时到一时的时间。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=1 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
=2 时 shí old variant of 时 shí
=2 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period