朝朝暮暮

Chinese

FWOTD – 1 January 2015

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing
trad. (朝朝暮暮)		朝	朝	暮	暮
simp. #(朝朝暮暮)		朝	朝	暮	暮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāozhāomùmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ ziu¹ mou⁶ mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāozhāomùmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaojhaomùmù
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-chao¹-mu⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: jāu-jāu-mù-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaujaumuhmuh
    • Palladius: чжаочжаомуму (čžaočžaomumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ ziu¹ mou⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: jīu jīu mouh mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ dziu¹ mou⁶ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ jiu¹ mou⁶ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ mou̯²² mou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: trjew trjew muH muH

Rime
Character	朝	暮
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	陟遙切	莫故切
Baxter	trjew	muH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇu/	/muoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛu/	/muoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiæu/	/moH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiaw/	/mɔH/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛu/	/moH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛu/	/muH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛu/	/muoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu1	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'ew  ʔr'ew  maːɡs  maːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朝
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhāo
Middle Chinese	‹ trjew ›
Old Chinese	/*t<r>aw/
English	morning
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	朝	暮
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	1307	9247
Phonetic component	朝	莫
Rime group	宵	暮
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	朝	暮
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'ew/	/*maːɡs/
Notes	甲文作日月同在草中表清晨， 非舟聲

Idiom

朝朝暮暮

1. from dawn to dusk; all the time; day after day

   • 妾在巫山之陽，高丘之阻，旦為朝雲，暮為行雨。朝朝暮暮，陽臺之下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     妾在巫山之阳，高丘之阻，旦为朝云，暮为行雨。朝朝暮暮，阳台之下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 3rd century BCE, Song Yu (宋玉), At the Tower of Gaotang (《高唐賦》)

     Qiè zài Wūshān zhīyáng, gāoqiū zhīzǔ, dànwéi zhāoyún, mùwéi xíngyǔ. Zhāozhāo mùmù, yángtái zhīxià. [Pinyin]

     I am by the sun-kissed slopes of Mount Wu, and the steep footpath through the rugged land.
     I am the luminous clouds at sunrise, and the strolling shower of eventide.
     Day after day, night by another night, I am here by this Tower of the Sun.

   • 兩情若是久長時，又豈在朝朝暮暮。 [Ci, trad.]
     两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: c. 11th century, Qin Guan, 《鵲橋仙·七夕》

     Liǎngqíng ruòshì jiǔcháng shí, yòu qǐzài zhāozhāomùmù. [Pinyin]

     If love between both sides lasts sempiternally, then would (staying together) every day and night be the point?