素日

Chinese

		plain; element	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (素日)		素	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ jat⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùrìh
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: sù-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhryh
    • Palladius: сужи (suži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ jat⁶
    • Yale: sou yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ jɐt̚²/

---

• Middle Chinese: suH nyit

Rime
Character	素	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	桑故切	人質切
Baxter	suH	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suoH/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/suoH/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/soH/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔH/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/soH/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/suH/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/suoH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sù	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou3	jat6

Adverb

素日

1. (literary) usually; generally

   • 你素日身子弱，禁不得冷的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Nǐ sùrì shēnzi ruò, jīnbùde lěng de. [Pinyin]

     You've always been delicate and unable to stand the cold.

Synonyms

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

 

Noun

素日

1. (literary) days past; long ago
2. (literary) sun; bright sun

Synonyms

• (days past):

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

 

• (sun): (literary) 白日 (báirì)