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Chinese
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flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
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day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
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simp. and trad.
(平日)
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平
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日
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Pronunciation
Noun
平日
- ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)
Adverb
平日
- ordinarily; usually
Synonyms
- 一般 (yībān)
- 常時／常时 (chángshí)
- 平常 (píngcháng)
- 平常時／平常时 (Hokkien)
- 平時／平时 (píngshí)
- 平素 (píngsù) (literary)
- 素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
- 素常時／素常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
- 通常 (tōngcháng)
- 閒常／闲常 (xiáncháng)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 平 (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日 (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
平日 • (hirabi)
- a weekday, an ordinary day
- the "say" radical (曰), literally "the flat 日 (hi, “sun, day”) radical"
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit).
Pronunciation
Noun
平日 • (heijitsu)
- a habit, an ordinary
- Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)
- a weekday, an ordinary day
- Synonyms: 週日 (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)
- Antonyms: 休日 (kyūjitsu), 週末 (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN