日子

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (日子)		日	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): rìzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ri⁴ zi³

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): ěrzi

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): rii̊qzii

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жызы (řɨzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jat⁶ zi²

  (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): jat⁶ zei²

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyit⁶ zi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-chṳ́
• Jin (Wiktionary): reh⁴ zeh
• Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-cī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-chí / ji̍t-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rig⁸ zi² / rêg⁸ zi² / rêg⁸ ze²

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yieg⁸ ji²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): r⁶ zr / nyi⁶ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: r̀-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryh.tzy
    • Palladius: жицзы (žiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ri⁴ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rh z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /zz̩²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: ěrzi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ər²¹ t͡sz̩/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: rii̊qzii
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): riiq⁵ zii⁰
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩ʔ⁵ t͡sz̩/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жызы (řɨzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yaht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
    • Jyutping++: jat⁶ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵⁵ t͡ʃei²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyit⁶ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲit̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid^ˋ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² t͡sɨ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: reh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡si³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-chí
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidcie
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lit̚⁵⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-chí
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /d͡zit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rig⁸ zi² / rêg⁸ zi² / rêg⁸ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k tsí / je̍k tsí / je̍k tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² t͡si⁵²/, /d͡zek̚⁴⁻² t͡si⁵²/, /d͡zek̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ⁵²/

Note: rêg8 zi2/rêg8 ze2 - Jieyang.

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: yieg⁸ ji²
    • Sinological IPA: /ziek̚² t͡si³¹/

Note: “wedding day”.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: r⁶ zr / nyi⁶ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/, /n̠ʲi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Note: date.

Noun

日子

1. date; day

   今天是一個值得紀念的日子。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天是一个值得纪念的日子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān shì yīge zhídé jìniàn de rìzi. [Pinyin]

   Today is a day worth commemorating.

2. time

   過些日子我們再見。 [MSC, trad.]
   过些日子我们再见。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guò xiē rìzi wǒmen zàijiàn. [Pinyin]

   We will see each other again after quite some time.

   • 你聰明的，告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1922, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 匆匆

     Nǐ cōngmíng de, gàosu wǒ, wǒmen de rìzi wèishénme yī qù bù fùfǎn ne? [Pinyin]

     You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?

3. one's life; days in one's life

   混混日子而已  ―  hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ  ―  to just drift through life

   從此過著幸福快樂的日子 [MSC, trad.]
   从此过着幸福快乐的日子 [MSC, simp.]

   cóngcǐ guòzhe xìngfú kuàilè de rìzi [Pinyin]

   to live happily ever after

4. (Leizhou Min) wedding day

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 日子 (“date; day”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	日子
	Taiwan	日子
	Harbin	日子
	Singapore	日子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	日子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	日子兒, 日期兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	日子兒
	Wanrong	日子
	Xi'an	日子
	Xining	日子
	Xuzhou	日子
	Pizhou	日子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	日子
	Donghai	日子, 日月
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	日子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	日子
	Wuhan	日子
	Guiyang	日期, 日子
	Liuzhou	日子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	日子
	Yangzhou	日子
	Baoying	日子
	Taizhou	日子
	Zhenjiang	日子
	Lianyungang	日子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	日子
	Xuyi	日子
	Nantong	日子
	Rugao	日腳
	Yancheng	日子
	Funing	日子
	Sihong	日子
	Hefei	日子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	日子
	Hong Kong	日子
	Dongguan	日子
	Yangjiang	日子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	日子
Gan	Nanchang	日子
	Lichuan	日子
	Pingxiang	日子
Hakka	Meixian	日仔
	Yudu	日子
Huizhou	Jixi	日子, 日子腳
Jin	Taiyuan	日子
	Xinzhou	日子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	日仔, 日關
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	日子
Southern Min	Xiamen	日子
	Jinjiang	日子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日子
	Manila (Hokkien)	日子
	Chaozhou	日子
	Haikou	日子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	日子
Wu	Shanghai	日腳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	日腳
	Suzhou	日腳
	Wuxi	日腳
	Changshu	日腳
	Qidong (Lüsi)	日腳
	Changzhou	日腳
	Danyang	日腳
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	日子, 日頭
	Hangzhou	日子
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	日腳
	Ningbo	日腳
	Wenzhou	日子, 日
	Jinhua	日子
Xiang	Changsha	日子
	Loudi	日子
	Shuangfeng	日子

Derived terms

• 出頭日子 / 出头日子
• 大喜的日子
• 大紅日子 / 大红日子
• 大長日子 / 大长日子
• 太平日子
• 好日子 (hǎorìzi)
• 小日子 (xiǎorìzi)
• 扣日子
• 挨日子 (ái rìzi)
• 捱日子
• 擇日子 / 择日子
• 有日子 (yǒurìzi)
• 正日子 (zhèngrìzi)
• 混日子 (hùnrìzi)
• 窮日子 / 穷日子
• 苦日子 (kǔrìzi)
• 過日子 / 过日子 (guò rìzi)
• 關著門過日子 / 关著门过日子
• 龍虎日子 / 龙虎日子

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: r̀-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhtzyy
    • Palladius: жицзы (žiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

日子

1. (literary) son of the Sun

   • 我是日子，河伯外孫，今追兵垂及，如何得濟？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我是日子，河伯外孙，今追兵垂及，如何得济？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《北史．卷九四．高麗傳》

     Wǒ shì rìzǐ, hébó wàisūn, jīn zhuībīng chuí jí, rúhé dé jì? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日子):

• → Japanese: 日子(にっし) (nisshi)
• → Korean: 일자(日子) (ilja)

References

• “日子”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
日	子
にち > にっ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
goon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Middle Chinese?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にっし [níꜜsshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕːi]

Noun

日(にっ)子(し) • (nisshi) 

1. a day, date

   Synonyms: 日数 (nissu, hikazu), 日柄 (higara)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
日	子
ひ Grade: 1	Grade: 1
kun'yomi	irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 日子 – see the following entry.

【ひがら】 [noun] day, date [noun] (obsolete) Alternative form of ひがらめ (higarame) Alternative spelling 日柄

(This term, 日子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Compounds

• 彦(ひこ) (hiko)
• 天(あめ)若(わか)日子(ひこ) (Amewakahiko)
• 活(いく)津(つ)日子(ひこ)根(ねの)命(みこと) (Ikutsuhikone no Mikoto)
• 大(おお)帯(たらし)日(び)子(この)命(みこと) (Ōtarashibiko no Mikoto)
• 帯(たらし)中(なか)津(つ)日(ひ)子(この)命(みこと) (Tarashinakatsuhiko no Mikoto)
• 豊(とよ)木(き)入(いり)日(ひ)子(この)命(みこと) (Toyokīrihiko no Mikoto)
• 日子穂穂手(ひこほほで)見(みの)命(みこと) (Hikohohodemi no Mikoto)
• 日子八(ひこや)井(いの)命(みこと) (Hikoyai no Mikoto)