西照日

Chinese

		to have a western exposure to the sun and be hot in summer	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (西照日)		西照	日

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-chiò-li̍t / sai-chiò-ji̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-chiò-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sai-tsiò-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saicioirlit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio²¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ t͡sio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio¹¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-chiò-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sai-tsiò-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saicioirjit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴/

Verb

西照日

1. (Southern Min, of a room) to have a western exposure to the sun and be hot in summer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西曬 (“to have a western exposure to the sun and be hot in summer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西曬
Mandarin	Taiwan	西曬
	Xi'an	西曬
	Yangzhou	西曬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	西斜
	Hong Kong	西斜
Gan	Nanchang	西曬
Huizhou	Jixi	西曬
Southern Min	Xiamen	西照, 西照日
	Quanzhou	西照, 西照日
	Zhangzhou	西照, 西照日
	Jieyang	西借日
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	西曬
Wu	Wenzhou	西曬

Noun

西照日

1. (Southern Min) setting sun; sunset

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
• 落日 (luòrì)
• (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì)