夕陽

See also: 夕阳

Chinese

		dusk; evening	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (夕陽)		夕	陽
simp. (夕阳)		夕	阳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīyáng, xìyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si̍t-yòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-iông / se̍k-iông / se̍k-iâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ iang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siyáng
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yang²
  - Yale: syī-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyang
  - Palladius: сиян (sijan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夕陽／夕阳
    西洋
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìyáng
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yang²
  - Yale: syì-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyang
  - Palladius: сиян (sijan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夕陽／夕阳
    細陽／细阳
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ joeng⁴
  - Yale: jihk yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid (r)iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁶ yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-iông
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid'ioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iông
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg'ioong
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêg⁴ iang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek iâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ iaŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: zjek yang

Rime
Character	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	祥易切	與章切
Baxter	zjek	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziᴇk̚/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɛk̚/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziæk̚/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ziajk̚/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ziɛk̚/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/zĭɛk̚/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯ɛk̚/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik⁶	joeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢAk laŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ljaːɡ laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjek ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ɢAk/	/*laŋ/
English	evening, night	bright
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	夕	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13227	14590
Phonetic component	夕	昜
Rime group	鐸	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	席	陽
Old Chinese	/*ljaːɡ/	/*laŋ/

Noun

夕陽

setting sun; sunset
- 夕陽已去，皎月方來。 [MSC, trad.]
  夕阳已去，皎月方来。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1924, Zhu Ziqing, 《槳聲燈影裡的秦淮河》
  Xīyáng yǐ qù, jiǎoyuè fāng lái.
  The sun had set and the bright moon had rose.
(figurative) old age
(Classical, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)