望日

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (望日)		望	日
simp. #(望日)		望	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngrìh
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: wàng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqryh
    • Palladius: ванжи (vanži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: mohng yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngjit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² d͡zit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 望日

1. (literary) fifteenth day of a month in the lunar calendar

Coordinate terms

• 朔日 (shuòrì)
• 晦日 (huìrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (望日):

• → Japanese: 望日(ぼうじつ) (bōjitsu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
望	日
ぼう Grade: 4	じつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

/bau zitʉ/ → /bɔːʑit͡su/ → /boːʑit͡su/

From Middle Chinese 望日 (MC mjang|mjangH nyit).

Noun

望(ぼう)日(じつ) • (bōjitsu) ^{←ばうじつ (bauzitu)?}

1. the fifteenth day of a month in the lunar calendar

   Synonyms: 望 (bō), 望の日 (mochi no hi)

Coordinate terms

• 朔(さく)日(じつ) (sakujitsu)
• 晦(かい)日(じつ) (kaijitsu)