何時

何時

1. (literary) when; what time

   • 唉，我不知何時再能與他相見。 [MSC, trad.]
     唉，我不知何时再能与他相见。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 背影 (Retreating Figure)

     Ài, wǒ bùzhī héshí zài néng yǔ tā xiāngjiàn. [Pinyin]

     Alas, I do not know when I will see him again.

   • 何時那郎君仔伊都在身邊 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     何时那郎君仔伊都在身边 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 許丙丁《六月茉莉》

     [translit?] [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Compound of 何 (nan, “what”) +‎ 時 (ji, “hour”). The nan portion is from Old Japanese 何 (nani, “what”), while the ji portion is a borrowing from Middle Chinese 時 (MC d͡ʑɨ).

• (Tokyo) な​んじ [náꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

何(なん)時(じ) • (nanji) 

1. what time, when

   今(いま)何(なん)時(じ)ですか

   ima nanji desu ka

   What time is it right now?

Nanji is often spelled in kanji. Nanji is more commonly used to mean when in terms of time of day, while itsu is more commonly used to mean when in terms of dates or days.

Compound of Old Japanese elements 何 (nan, “what”) +‎ 時 (toki, “time”).[3][1] The toki changes to doki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• 何刻 (rare)

• (Tokyo) なんどき [nàńdókí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][4]
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ndo̞kʲi]

何(なん)時(どき) • (nandoki) 

1. (dated) what time, when

Use is more limited than nanji or itsu. Most commonly found in set phrase いつなんどき (itsu nandoki), comparable to English phrase “when and at what time”, but only used when expressing ignorance, never used in questions.[3]

May sound old-fashioned.[1][4]