如日中天

Chinese

		as (if); such as	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	midair; midheaven; zenith midair; midheaven; zenith; culmination
trad. (如日中天)		如	日	中天
simp. ^#(如日中天)		如	日	中天
Literally: “like the sun at high noon”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúrìzhōngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jat⁶ zung¹ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ / jî-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúrìzhōngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúrìhjhongtian
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-jih⁴-chung¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: rú-r̀-jūng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruryhjongtian
  - Palladius: жужичжунтянь (žužičžuntjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jat⁶ zung¹ tin¹
  - Yale: yùh yaht jūng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jat⁹ dzung¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yed⁶ zung¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jû-ji̍t-tiong-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jujiddiongtvy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jî-ji̍t-tiong-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jijiddiongtvy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi²³⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Idiom

如日中天

at the height of prosperity or power; at its zenith

Synonyms

如日方中 (rúrìfāngzhōng)

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