一朝一夕

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Chinese

one day; unexpected occasion in the future one evening
trad. (一朝一夕) 一朝 一夕
simp. #(一朝一夕) 一朝 一夕

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1
Initial () (34) (9) (17)
Final () (48) (92) (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jit trjew zjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/ /ʈˠiᴇu/ /ziᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/ /ʈᵚiɛu/ /ziɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/ /ȶiæu/ /ziæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/ /ʈiaw/ /ziajk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/ /ȶjɛu/ /ziɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/ /ȶĭɛu/ /zĭɛk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /ȶi̯ɛu/ /zi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi zhāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat1 ziu1 zik6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjit › ‹ trjew › ‹ zjek ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔi/ /*t<r>aw/ /*s-ɢAk/
English one morning evening, night

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 1/1
No. 14833 1307 13227
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qliɡ/ /*ʔr'ew/ /*ljaːɡ/
Notes

Idiom

一朝一夕

  1. short period of time
    不是一朝一夕實現
    不是一朝一夕实现
    Zhè bùshì yīzhāoyīxī jiù néng shíxiàn de.
    It's not something that can be achieved overnight.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一朝一夕):
  • Vietnamese: một sớm một chiều (calque)
  • Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    いち > いっ
    Grade: 1
    ちょう
    Grade: 2
    いち > いっ
    Grade: 1
    せき
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (いっ)(ちょう)(いっ)(せき) (itchōisseki

    1. a short period of time
    2. being completed in a short period of time, easily, overnight

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN