畏日

Chinese

		to fear	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (畏日)		畏	日

Etymology

“summer sun”

From Du Yu's commentary on Zuo zhuan:

冬日可愛，夏日可畏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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冬日可爱，夏日可畏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Dōngrì kě ài, xiàrì kě wèi. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèirì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄖˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèirì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèirìh
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: wèi-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyryh
    • Palladius: вэйжи (vɛjži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH nyit

Rime
Character	畏	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於胃切	人質切
Baxter	'jw+jH	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉiH/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3	jat6

Noun

畏日

1. (literary) summer sun; scorching sun

Verb

畏日

1. (literary) to fear 日忌 (doing things that would be inauspicious on certain dates)