水曜日

Chinese

		planet Mercury	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (水曜日)		水曜	日
simp. #(水曜日)		水曜	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyàorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² jiu⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyàorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyàorìh
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-yao⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-yàu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyawryh
    • Palladius: шуйяожи (šujjaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² jiu⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: séui yiuh yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² jiu⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² yiu⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/

Noun

水曜日

1. (Classical Chinese) Wednesday

Synonyms

• 星期三 (xīngqīsān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	曜	日
すい Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• （水）; ㈬; ㊌

Etymology

/suieubi/ > /suijoːbi/.

Compound of 水曜 (suiyō, “Mercury (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also Names of the days of the week#East Asian tradition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいよ​ーび [sùíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝijo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) • (suiyōbi) ^{←すいえうび (suieubi)?}

1. Wednesday

Synonyms

• 水曜(すいよう) (suiyō)
• ウェンズデー (wenzudē)

See also

• (days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	曜	日

Noun

水曜日 • (suyoil) (hangeul 수요일)

1. Hanja form^? of 수요일 (“Wednesday”).