夕陽

See also: 夕阳

Chinese

		dusk; evening	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (夕陽)		夕	陽
simp. (夕阳)		夕	阳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyáng, xìyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si̍t-yòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iông / se̍k-iông / se̍k-iâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ iang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yang²
    • Yale: syī-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyang
    • Palladius: сиян (sijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yang²
    • Yale: syì-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyang
    • Palladius: сиян (sijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ joeng⁴
    • Yale: jihk yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xid iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xid (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iông
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sid'ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iông
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg'ioong
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iâng
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg'iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ iaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 夕陽

1. setting sun; sunset

   • 夕陽已去，皎月方來。 [MSC, trad.]
     夕阳已去，皎月方来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清《槳聲燈影裡的秦淮河》

     Xīyáng yǐ qù, jiǎoyuè fāng lái. [Pinyin]

     The sun had set and the bright moon had rose.

2. (figurative) old age
3. (literary, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)

Synonyms

• (setting sun): (Min Nan) 西照日

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 夕陽

1. (attributive) declining; waning

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕	陽
ゆう Grade: 1	ひ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 夕日

Noun

夕(ゆう)陽(ひ) • (yūhi) 

1. the setting sun

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN