今朝
Chinese edit
today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now |
morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (今朝) | 今 | 朝 | |
| simp. #(今朝) | 今 | 朝 | |
| alternative forms | 跟朝 Hangzhou | ||
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今朝
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) this morning
- 縶之維之，以永今朝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhí zhī wéi zhī, yǐ yǒng jīncháo. [Pinyin]
- Tether it by the foot, tie it by the collar, to prolong this morning.
絷之维之，以永今朝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary or regional) today; now; at the present time
- 今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁來明日愁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 833-909: Luo Yin (羅隱／罗隐), 自遣 (Self Consolation)
- Jīnzhāo yǒu jiǔ jīnzhāo zuì, míngrì chóu lái míngrì chóu. [Pinyin]
- 'If there is wine today, then today is the day to get drunk. Worry about tomorrow's worries when they come tomorrow.
今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁来明日愁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 年年都有今日，歲歲都有今朝，恭喜你，恭喜你！ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 祝壽歌 (Birthday Song)
- nin4 nin4 dou1 jau5 gam1 jat6, seoi3 seoi3 dou1 jau5 gam1 ziu1, gung1 hei2 nei5, gung1 hei2 nei5! [Jyutping]
- You have lived year by year up to this day, so congratulations to you!
年年都有今日，岁岁都有今朝，恭喜你，恭喜你！ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
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- 今朝有酒今朝醉 (jīnzhāo yǒu jiǔ jīnzhāo zuì)
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Etymology 1 edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 朝 |
| け Grade: 2 |
さ Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun | |
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 此 (ke, “this”) + 朝 (asa, “morning”).
The initial /ke/ is an alternative form of the initial /ko/ (此, “this”) seen in words such as ここ (koko, “this place → here”) or これ (kore, “this [nominal] → this”), and the final /sa/ is a contraction from */ke.asa/ to /kesa/ with the medial -a- falling out, as Old Japanese did not permit vowel clusters.
It is the same element found in 今日 (kepu→kyō, “today”).
The use of the kanji 今 (“now”) instead of 此 (“this”) is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).
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Etymology 2 edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 朝 |
| こん Grade: 2 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
/konteu/ → /kontjoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 今朝 (MC kim trjew, literally “now morning”). The /eu/ → /joː/ sound shift is a regular phonological change.
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| 時 (“Time”) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~ | -3 | −2 | −1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Continual | |
| Day | 日 | 一昨昨日 | 一昨日 | 昨日 | 今日 | 明日 | 明後日 | 毎日 |
| Morning | 朝 | — | 一昨朝 | 昨朝 | 今朝 | 明朝 | — | 毎朝 |
| Night | 晩 | — | 一昨晩 | 昨晩 | 今晩 | 明晩 | — | 毎晩 |
| Week | 週 | — | 先々週 | 先週 | 今週 | 来週 | 再来週 | 毎週 |
| Month | 月 | — | 先々月 | 先月 | 今月 | 来月 | 再来月 | 毎月 |
| Year | 年 | 一昨昨年 | 一昨年 | 去年 | 今年 | 来年 | 再来年 | 毎年 |