黃道吉日

See also: 黄道吉日

Chinese

		ecliptic	first day of a lunar month; auspicious day
trad. (黃道吉日)		黃道	吉日
simp. (黄道吉日)		黄道	吉日

Etymology

This traces back to the days when people superstitiously believed that the point the Earth is at on its orbit around the sun has an effect on how auspicious a given day in the lunar calendar would turn out. This would influence when people would go travelling, get married, open a business and etc. Literally: "the Earth orbit around the sun and auspicious day"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángdàojírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vòng-tho-kit-ngit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángdàojírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángdàojírìh
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-tao⁴-chi²-jih⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-dàu-jí-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdawjyiryh
    • Palladius: хуандаоцзижи (xuandaocziži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: wòhng douh gāt yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dou⁶ gat⁷ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ dou⁶ ged¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²² kɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-tho-kit-ngit
    • Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ to gid` ngid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² to⁴ gid⁵ ngid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵ kit̚² ŋit̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 黃道吉日

1. (idiomatic) an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.