酉时

酉時
yǒushí
5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) evening; the hours of the rooster (5:00pm to 7:00pm)
  2. evening; the hours of the rooster (5:00pm to 7:00pm)

Wiktionary

旧时指下午五点到七点的时间。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 酉 yǒu
  1. 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
  2. ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
=2 时 shí old variant of 时 shí
=2 时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period

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