日上三竿

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	three	pole
trad. (日上三竿)		日	上	三	竿
simp. #(日上三竿)		日	上	三	竿
alternative forms		日曬三杆 日高三丈 日出三竿 三竿日上
Literally: “when the sun has already risen to as high as three poles stacked up”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìshàngsāngān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìshàngsāngān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhshàngsangan
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-shang⁴-san¹-kan¹
    • Yale: r̀-shàng-sān-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhshanqsangan
    • Palladius: жишансаньгань (žišansanʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹
    • Yale: yaht séuhng sāam gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ soeng⁵ saam¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ sêng⁵ sam¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² sœːŋ¹³ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

日上三竿

1. late in the day

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 黃朝百晏 / 黄朝百晏 (wong⁴ ziu¹ baak³ aan³)