如日方中

Chinese

		as (if); such as	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (如日方中)		如	日	方	中
simp. #(如日方中)		如	日	方	中
Literally: “like the sun at high noon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúrìfāngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jat⁶ fong¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúrìfāngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúrìhfangjhong
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-jih⁴-fang¹-chung¹
    • Yale: rú-r̀-fāng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruryhfangjong
    • Palladius: жужифанчжун (žužifančžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jat⁶ fong¹ zung¹
    • Yale: yùh yaht fōng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jat⁹ fong¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yed⁶ fong¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐt̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

如日方中

1. Synonym of 如日中天 (rúrìzhōngtiān, “at the height of prosperity or power; at its zenith”)