如日中天

Chinese

		as (if); such as	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	midair; midheaven; zenith midair; midheaven; zenith; culmination
trad. (如日中天)		如	日	中天
simp. #(如日中天)		如	日	中天
Literally: “like the sun at high noon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúrìzhōngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jat⁶ zung¹ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ / jî-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúrìzhōngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúrìhjhongtian
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-jih⁴-chung¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: rú-r̀-jūng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruryhjongtian
    • Palladius: жужичжунтянь (žužičžuntjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jat⁶ zung¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yùh yaht jūng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jat⁹ dzung¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yed⁶ zung¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jû-ji̍t-tiong-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jujiddiongtvy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jijiddiongtvy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Idiom

如日中天

1. at the height of prosperity or power; at its zenith

Synonyms

• 如日方中 (rúrìfāngzhōng)