吉日

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (吉日)		吉	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ jat⁶ / gat¹ jat^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit-ngit
• Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴ reh⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-ji̍t / kiat-li̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jírìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-jih⁴
    • Yale: jí-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiryh
    • Palladius: цзижи (cziži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ jat⁶ / gat¹ jat^6-2
    • Yale: gāt yaht / gāt yát
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ jat⁹ / gat⁷ jat^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ yed⁶ / ged¹ yed^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚²/, /kɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit-ngit
    • Hakka Romanization System: gid` ngid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ ngid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚² ŋit̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jieh⁴ reh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐəʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatlit
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lit̚⁴/

Noun

吉日

1. (literary) first day of a lunar month
2. auspicious day
3. unspecified or unknown day

Derived terms

• 吉日良辰
• 良辰吉日 (liángchénjírì)
• 黃道吉日／黄道吉日 (huángdàojírì)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吉	日
きち Grade: S	じつ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きちじつ [kìchíjítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲit͡ɕiʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

吉(きち)日(じつ) • (kichijitsu) 

1. lucky day (to do something)

Antonyms

• 悪(あく)日(にち) (akunichi)
• 凶(きょう)日(じつ) (kyōjitsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吉	日
きち Grade: S	にち Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きちにち [kìchíníchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲit͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

吉(きち)日(にち) • (kichinichi) 

1. lucky day (to do something)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
吉	日
きつ Grade: S	じつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きつじつ [kìtsújítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲit͡sɨᵝʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

吉(きつ)日(じつ) • (kitsujitsu) 

1. lucky day (to do something)