他日

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Chinese

he; him; other
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
trad. (他日) 他 日
simp. #(他日) 他 日

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 他 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 託何切 人質切
Baxter tha nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰa/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tuō rì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		to1 jat6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 他 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tā rì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tha › ‹ nyit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁaj/ (E dialect: *l̥ˁ- > MC th-) /*C.nik/
English another sun; day

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 他 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14765 10845
Phonetic
component 		也 日
Rime
group 		歌 質
Rime
subdivision 		1 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		佗 日
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰaːl/ /*njiɡ/
Notes 俗與佗通用

Noun

他日

  1. (literary) another day in the future
  2. (literary) on another day in the past

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 改天 (“on another day; some other time”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 他日, 異日, 令日, 另日
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 改天, 改日, 他日
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 改天
Singapore 改天
Cantonese Guangzhou 第日
Hong Kong 第日, 第二日, 搵日
Hakka Meixian 另日
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 另日
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 另日
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 另日
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 另次日
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 另日
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 另日
Southern Min Xiamen 下日, 另日, 別日
Quanzhou 下日, 另日, 別日
Zhangzhou 下日, 另日, 別日
Tainan 另日, 另工, 別日, 別日仔 GT, 別工 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 別日
Shantou 別日
Jieyang 別日
Singapore (Teochew) 下日
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 第日
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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