忌日

Chinese

		avoid as taboo; jealous	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (忌日)		忌	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶ jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kī-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìrìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: jì-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihryh
    • Palladius: цзижи (cziži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: geih yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²² jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kī-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixjit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹⁻²² d͡zit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki³³⁻¹¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/

Noun

忌日

1. anniversary of a death (especially of an ancestor); date of one's death

   生辰忌日  ―  shēngchén jìrì  ―  the date of one's birth and the date of one's death

2. date on which certain things should be avoided; inauspicious day

Synonyms

• (anniversary of a death): 忌辰 (jìchén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忌	日
き Grade: S	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

忌(き)日(にち) • (kinichi) 

1. deathday (anniversary of a person's death)

Synonyms

• 忌辰(きしん) (kishin)
• 命日(めいにち) (meinichi)

Antonyms

• 誕生日(たんじょうび) (tanjōbi, “birthday”)

Related terms

• 周忌(しゅうき) (shūki)