畏日

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Chinese

to fear
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
simp. and trad.
(畏日)

Etymology

“summer sun”
From Du Yu's commentary on Zuo zhuan:
冬日可愛夏日可畏 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
冬日可爱夏日可畏 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Dōngrì kě ài, xiàrì kě wèi.
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (38)
Final () (21) (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jw+jH nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉiH/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷɨiH/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuəiH/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔujH/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuəiH/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭwəiH/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔwe̯iH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai3 jat6

Noun

畏日

  1. (literary) summer sun; scorching sun

Verb

畏日

  1. (literary) to fear 日忌 (doing things that would be inauspicious on certain dates)