畏日

Chinese

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

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèirì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄖˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèirì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèirìh
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-jih⁴
  - Yale: wèi-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyryh
  - Palladius: вэйжи (vɛjži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH nyit

Rime
Character	畏	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於胃切	人質切
Baxter	'jw+jH	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi^H/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi^H/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi^H/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj^H/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi^H/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi^H/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i^H/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³	jat⁶

Noun

畏日

(literary) summer sun; scorching sun

Verb

畏日

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

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