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亥時

简亥时 · 繁亥時

Mandarin · pinyin hài shí

9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

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亥: hài · twelfth earthly branch
時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
时: shí · time, season; era, age, period

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4–2 · hai4 shi2

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hoi6 si4

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noun

(literary) the hours of the pig (9:00pm to 11:00pm)

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