夕日

Chinese

		dusk; evening	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (夕日)		夕	日
simp. #(夕日)		夕	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīrì, xìrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sirìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: syī-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiryh
    • Palladius: сижи (siži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìrìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: syì-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihryh
    • Palladius: сижи (siži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: jihk yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jɐt̚²/

Noun

夕日

1. (literary) setting sun

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
• 落日 (luòrì)
• (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng)
• (Hokkien) 西照日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕	日
ゆう Grade: 1	ひ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
夕陽

Kanji in this term
夕	日
せき Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 夕(ゆう) (yū) + 日(ひ) (hi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうひ [yùúhí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːçi]

• (Tokyo) せきじつ [sèkíjítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

夕(ゆう)日(ひ) or 夕(せき)日(じつ) • (yūhi or sekijitsu) 

1. setting sun

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.