一朝一夕

Chinese

		one day; unexpected occasion in the future	one evening
trad. (一朝一夕)		一朝	一夕
simp. #(一朝一夕)		一朝	一夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhāoyīxī, yīzhāoyīxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄧ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ziu¹ jat¹ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ ziao¹ zêg⁸ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhāoyīxī [Phonetic: yìzhāoyìxī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhaoyisi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chao¹-i¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: yī-jāu-yī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijauishi
    • Palladius: ичжаоиси (ičžaoisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhāoyīxì [Phonetic: yìzhāoyíxì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄧ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhaoyisì
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chao¹-i¹-hsi⁴
    • Yale: yī-jāu-yī-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijauishih
    • Palladius: ичжаоиси (ičžaoisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ziu¹ jat¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: yāt jīu yāt jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dziu¹ jat⁷ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ jiu¹ yed¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ ziao¹ zêg⁸ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tsiau tse̍k sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² t͡siau³³⁻²³ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sek̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit trjew 'jit zjek

Rime
Character	一	朝	夕
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	知 (9)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	宵 (92)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	於悉切	陟遙切	祥易切
Baxter	'jit	trjew	zjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/ʈˠiᴇu/	/ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/ʈᵚiɛu/	/ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/ȶiæu/	/ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/ʈiaw/	/ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/ȶjɛu/	/ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/ȶĭɛu/	/zĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/ȶi̯ɛu/	/zi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	zhāo	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	ziu1	zik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔi[t]  t<r>aw  ʔi[t]  s-ɢAk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qliɡ  ʔr'ew  qliɡ  ljaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	一	朝	夕
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	zhāo	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjit ›	‹ trjew ›	‹ zjek ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔi[t]/	/*t<r>aw/	/*s-ɢAk/
English	one	morning	evening, night
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	一	朝	夕
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	14833	1307	13227
Phonetic component	一	朝	夕
Rime group	質	宵	鐸
Rime subdivision	2	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	一	朝	席
Old Chinese	/*qliɡ/	/*ʔr'ew/	/*ljaːɡ/
Notes		甲文作日月同在草中表清晨， 非舟聲

Idiom

一朝一夕

1. short period of time

   這不是一朝一夕就能實現的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这不是一朝一夕就能实现的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bùshì yīzhāoyīxī jiù néng shíxiàn de. [Pinyin]

   It's not something that can be achieved overnight.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一朝一夕):

• → Japanese: 一(いっ)朝(ちょう)一(いっ)夕(せき) (itchōisseki)
• → Korean: 일조일석(一朝一夕) (iljoilseok)

→ Vietnamese: một sớm một chiều (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	朝	一	夕
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2	いち > いっ Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっちょーいっせき [ìtchóóíssékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [it̚t͡ɕo̞ːisːe̞kʲi]

Noun

一(いっ)朝(ちょう)一(いっ)夕(せき) • (itchōisseki) 

1. a short period of time
2. being completed in a short period of time, easily, overnight