指日可待

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Chinese

point at the sun; at an early date
to be about to happen; about to; on the point of
to be about to happen; about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at hand; around the corner
 
trad. (指日可待) 指日 可待
simp. #(指日可待) 指日 可待

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (38) (29) (7)
Final () (17) (48) (94) (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III I I
Fanqie
Baxter tsyijX nyit khaX dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕˠiɪX/ /ȵiɪt̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕᵚiX/ /ȵit̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dəiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɪX/ /ȵʑjet̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cjiX/ /ȵit̚/ /kʰaX/ /dəjX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕjiX/ /ȵiĕt̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕiX/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dɒiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕiX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ /kʰɑX/ /dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǐ dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2 jat6 ho2 doi6

Idiom

指日可待

  1. to be expected soon; to be not a long way off

Synonyms