旭日東升

Chinese

		rising sun	east	to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint
trad. (旭日東升)		旭日	東	升
simp. (旭日东升)		旭日	东	升
Literally: “dawn sun east rises”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùrìdōngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄖˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹ jat⁶ dung¹ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùrìdōngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄖˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùrìhdongsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-jih⁴-tung¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: syù-r̀-dūng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhryhdongsheng
    • Palladius: сюйжидуншэн (sjujžidunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹ jat⁶ dung¹ sing¹
    • Yale: yūk yaht dūng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷ jat⁹ dung¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹ yed⁶ dung¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵ jɐt̚² tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

旭日東升

1. (figurative) youthful vigour and vitality
2. (literal) sun rising in the east