夜市

Chinese

		night	market; city
simp. and trad. (夜市)		夜	市

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ya-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iā-chhǐ / iā-chhī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mê⁵ ci⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ya-zy-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yè-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehshyh
    • Palladius: еши (ješi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: yeh síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² siː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-chhǐ
    • Tâi-lô: iā-tshǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: iā-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxchi
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mê⁵ ci⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mê tshĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya-zy-mi
    • MiniDict: ya^去 zy mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-zr-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² zz̩⁵⁵ mi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yaeH dzyiX

Rime
Character	夜	市
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊謝切	時止切
Baxter	yaeH	dzyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaH/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaH/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/iaH/	/d͡ʑieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaH/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Li Rong	/iaH/	/ʑiəX/
Wang Li	/jĭaH/	/ʑĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aH/	/ʑiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je6	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]Ak-s  C.[d]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡs  djɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夜	市
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yè	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ yæH ›	‹ dzyiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]Ak-s/	/*C.[d]əʔ/
English	night	market (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夜	市
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14992	11611
Phonetic component	亦	市
Rime group	暮	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	夜	市
Old Chinese	/*laːɡs/	/*djɯʔ/

Noun

夜市

1. night market

   • 扶風邠亭，本太王所居，有夜市。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     扶风邠亭，本太王所居，有夜市。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 1st century, Huan Tan (桓譚), New Treatise (《新論》)

     Fúfēng Bīn tíng, běn Tàiwáng suǒ jū, yǒu yèshì. [Pinyin]

     The Bin ting in Fufeng (Commandery) used to be King Tai's seat of power. They have night markets there.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 夜市仔
• (Teochew) 暝市
• (Wu) 夜市面

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	市
よ Grade: 2	いち Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

夜(よ)市(いち) or 夜市(よるいち) • (yoichi or yoruichi) 

1. night market

Korean

Hanja in this term
夜	市

Noun

夜市 • (yasi) (hangeul 야시)

1. Hanja form^? of 야시 (“night market”).