今日

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Contents 1 Cantonese 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 See also 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Derived terms 2.3 See also 2.4 References 3 Mandarin 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 See also

[edit] Cantonese

simpl. and trad.

今日

[edit] Noun

今日 (Jyutping: gam¹ jat⁶)

1. [formal] today
2. nowadays

[edit] Synonyms

• 今天

[edit] See also

• (Min Nan) 今仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t)

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	日

[edit] Etymology 1

/ke₁hu/: *[kepu] > [keɸu] > [kewu] > [keu] > [kyoː]. The final /eu/ > [yoː] is a separate but regular phonological change. The initial /ke/ is from ke (“‘day’”) and the final /hu/ is an apophonic form of hi (“‘day’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʲoː/

[edit] Noun

今日 (hiragana きょう, romaji kyō, historical hiragana けふ)

1. today
   • 905 Kokin Wakashū (poem #20)

   梓弓をして春雨けふ降りぬあすさへ降らば若菜つみてん

[edit] Synonyms

• 本日 (honjitsu)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

今日 (hiragana こんにち, romaji kon'nichi)

1. today; this day
2. nowadays

[edit] Derived terms

• 今日は (konnichiwa)
• 今日まで (konnichimade)
• 今日様 (konnichisama)
• 今日的 (konnichiteki)

[edit] See also

• 明日 (asu)
• 明後日 (asatte)
• 一昨昨日 (issaku sakujitsu, sakiototoi)
• 今朝 (kesa)
• 昨日 (kinō)
• 今晩 (konban)
• 今夜 (kon'ya)
• 一昨日 (ototoi)
• 明々後日 (shiasatte)

[edit] References

• Kojima, Noriyuki; Arai Eizō [905] (1989). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese). Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240005-0.

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

今日

[edit] Noun

今日 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jīnrì)

1. (literary) today; now
2. nowadays

[edit] Synonyms

• 今天

[edit] See also

• (Min Nan) 今仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t)