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Jyutping siu2 si4
Pinyin shào shí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    youth

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Jyutping siu2 si4
Pinyin shǎo shí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    instant; short while; moment
    (syn.) 一会儿, 剎那, 瞬息, 一刹, 有頃, 一目𥍉仔, 少刻, 一剎, 霎時, 一刹那, 有顷, 霎时, 时刻, 瞬间, 刹那, 頃刻, 少頃, 少顷, 片刻, 顷刻, 一瞬間, 瞬間, 一會兒, 時刻, 一瞬间, 一剎那
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    需要多少时间?
    需要多少時間?
    xū yào duō shǎo shí jiān ?
    • How long will it take?
  2. Mandarin
    大概会花多少时间?
    大概會花多少時間?
    dà gài huì huā duō shǎo shí jiān ?
    • About how long will it take?
  3. Mandarin
    你来上海多少时间了?
    你來上海多少時間了?
    nǐ lái shàng hǎi duō shǎo shí jiān le ?
    • For how long are you in Shanghai?
  4. Mandarin
    那条桥为我们节省了不少时间。
    那條橋為我們節省了不少時間。
    nà tiáo qiáo wèi wǒ men jié shěng le bù shǎo shí jiān 。
    • The bridge saved us a lot of time.
  5. Mandarin
    这台机器是花了不少时间和金钱才建成的。
    這台機器是花了不少時間和金錢才建成的。
    zhè tái jī qì shì huā le bù shǎo shí jiān hé jīn qián cái jiàn chéng de 。
    • It took a lot of time and money to build the machine.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    就搞掂喇,俾多少少时间我啦。
    就搞掂喇,俾多少少時間我啦。
    zau6 gaau2 dim6 laa3, bei2 do1 siu2 siu2 si4 gaan3 ngo5 laa1.
    • It's almost done, give me a bit more time.
  2. Cantonese
    先生,介唔介意用少少时间填份问卷啊?
    先生,介唔介意用少少時間填份問卷啊?
    sin1 saang1, gaai3 m4 gaai3 ji3 jung6 siu2 siu2 si4 gaan3 tin4 fan6 man6 gyun2 aa3?
    • Sir, would you mind spending a moment to fill out a questionnaire?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这份表格得多少时间才能填完?
    這份表格得多少時間才能填完?
    zhè fèn biǎo gé děi duō shào shí jiān cái néng tián wán ?
    • How much time will one need to fill this form?
  2. Mandarin
    我们还有多少时间呢?
    我們還有多少時間呢?
    wǒ men hái yǒu duō shao shí jiān ne ?
    • How much time do we have left?
  3. Mandarin
    年少时候,从来不用担心这个平安夜要一个人过。有了爱情之后,平安夜变得浪漫了,可是,也会担心今年的平安夜没有人陪。
    年少時候,從來不用擔心這個平安夜要一個人過。有了愛情之後,平安夜變得浪漫了,可是,也會擔心今年的平安夜沒有人陪。
    nián shào shí hou , cóng lái bù yòng dān xīn zhè ge pín gān yè yào yī gè rén guò . yǒu le ài qíng zhī hòu , pín gān yè biàn de làng màn le , kě shì , yě huì dān xīn jīn nián de pín gān yè méi yǒu rén péi .
    • When I was young, I never had to worry that I had to celebrate this Christmas Eve alone. When I got into a relationship, Christmas Eve became romantic, but I would also worry that I would have no one with me for Christmas Eve this year.