水曜

Chinese

		water; river	dazzle; glorious
trad. (水曜)		水	曜
simp. #(水曜)		水	曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyào
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-yao⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyaw
    • Palladius: шуйяо (šujjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水曜

1. (Classical, archaic) planet Mercury

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水曜):

• → Japanese: 水曜(すいよう) (suiyō)
• → Korean: 수요(水曜) (suyo)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ diệu (水曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	曜
すい Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/suieu/ > /suiyoː/. Originally it meant Mercury.

Noun

水(すい)曜(よう) • (suiyō) ^{←すいえう (suieu)?}

1. (archaic) planet Mercury
2. Wednesday

Synonyms

• 水曜日 (suiyōbi)

See also

• 七曜 (shichiyō)