平日

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (平日)		平	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-li̍t / pêng-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngrìh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-jih⁴
    • Yale: píng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngryh
    • Palladius: пинжи (pinži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ jat⁶
    • Yale: pìhng yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: penglit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zit̚¹²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 平日

1. (literary) ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 平日

1. (literary) ordinarily; usually

Synonyms

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• 一般 (yībān)
• 常時／常时 (chángshí)
• 平常 (píngcháng)
• 平常時／平常时 (Hokkien)
• 平時／平时 (píngshí)
• 平素 (píngsù) (literary)
• 素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
• 素常時／素常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 通常 (tōngcháng)
• 閒常／闲常 (xiáncháng)

 

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平	日
ひら Grade: 3	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 平(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

平(ひら)日(び) • (hirabi) 

1. a weekday, an ordinary day
2. the "say" radical (曰), literally "the flat 日 (hi, “sun, day”) radical"

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平	日
へい Grade: 3	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit).

Noun

平(へい)日(じつ) • (heijitsu) 

1. a habit, an ordinary

   Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)

2. a weekday, an ordinary day

   Synonyms: 週日 (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)

   Antonyms: 休日 (kyūjitsu), 週末 (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)