太陽

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See also: 太阳

Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (太陽)
simp. (太阳)
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太陽

Etymology

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Maybe named because the sun was considered as the greatest extreme of yang (), one of the two primary forces in Chinese belief.

Pronunciation


Note: the sense "greater yang" has pronunciation tàiyáng only.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (36)
Final () (25) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thajH yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 joeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa-s/ /*laŋ/
English great 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 14590
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*laŋ/

Noun

太陽

  1. sun; the Sun
    太陽落山太阳落山  ―  Tàiyáng luòshān le.  ―  The sun (∅/has/is) set.
    地球太陽公轉 [MSC, trad.]
    地球太阳公转 [MSC, simp.]
    Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn.
    The earth revolves around the sun.
  2. sunshine; sunlight
    今天太陽不錯今天太阳不错  ―  Jīntiān tàiyáng bùcuò.  ―  It's a sunny day today.
    太陽太阳  ―  Hǎo dà tàiyáng!  ―  It's glaringly hot!
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Guangxi Yue, Gan, Northern Min, Leizhou Min, Jiangyong Tuhua) temple (on the head)
  4. (tarot) the Sun
  5. (I Ching) greater yang ()

Synonyms

  • (temple):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太陽):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 太陽 (MC thajH yang, “sun”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

(たい)(よう) (taiyōたいやう (taiyau)?

  1. the sun
    Synonym: (hi)
    太陽(たいよう)(かお)()した。
    Taiyō ga kao o dashita.
    The sun was beginning to shine.
    太陽(たいよう)よりも()える!
    Taiyō yorimo moeru!
    Burning hotter than the sun!
  2. (I Ching) greater yang ()
    Antonym: 太陰 (tai'in)
  3. (tarot) the Sun
    Hypernym: タロット

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

太陽 (taeyang) (hangeul 태양)

  1. hanja form? of 태양 (the sun)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
てぃーだ
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of 天道 (the Sun)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

太陽

  1. chữ Hán form of thái dương (temple).
  2. chữ Hán form of Thái Dương (The Sun).