何曜日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	曜	日
なん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 何 (nan, “which”) +‎ 曜日 (yōbi, “day of the week”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なんよ​ーび [nàń'yóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ːbʲi]

Pronoun

何(なん)曜(よう)日(び) • (nan'yōbi) ^{←なんえうび (nan'eubi)?}

1. what day (of the week)

   今(きょ)日(う)は何(なん)曜(よう)日(び)ですか？

   Kyō wa nan'yōbi desu ka?

   What day is it today?

Synonyms

• 何曜(なんよう) (nan'yō)

See also

• (days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}