水曜日
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Chinese
| planet Mercury | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水曜日) | 水曜 | 日 | |
| simp. #(水曜日) | 水曜 | 日 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyàorìh
- Wade–Giles: shui3-yao4-jih4
- Yale: shwěi-yàu-r̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyawryh
- Palladius: шуйяожи (šujjaoži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 jiu6 jat6
- Yale: séui yiuh yaht
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 jiu6 jat9
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 yiu6 yed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
水曜日
Synonyms
- 星期三 (xīngqīsān)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 水 | 曜 | 日 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
よう Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 水𫞂日 |
Alternative forms
Etymology
/suieubi/ > /suijoːbi/.
Compound of 水曜 (suiyō, “Mercury (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) + 日 (hi, “day”).[1][2][3]
The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also 
Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Noun
水曜日 • (suiyōbi) ←すいえうび (suieubi)?
Synonyms
See also
- (days of the week) 曜日 (yōbi); 日曜日 (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月曜日 (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火曜日 (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水曜日 (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木曜日 (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金曜日 (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土曜日 (doyōbi, “Saturday”) (Category: ja:Days of the week)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 水 | 曜 | 日 |