斜陽

Chinese

		slanting	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (斜陽)		斜	陽
simp. (斜阳)		斜	阳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ joeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâ-iông / siâ-iâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-yang²
    • Yale: syé-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeyang
    • Palladius: сеян (sejan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: chèh yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-iông
    • Tâi-lô: siâ-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sia'ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /sia²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-iâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâ-iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sia'iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

Noun

斜陽

1. (literary) setting sun

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
• 落日 (luòrì)
• (literary) 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì)
• (Hokkien) 西照日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斜	陽
しゃ Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃよー [shàyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠jo̞ː]

Noun

斜(しゃ)陽(よう) • (shayō) 

1. the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun
2. (figurative) decline, fading

   斜陽(しゃよう)産業(さんぎょう)

   shayō sangyō

   a declining industry