平日
Chinese edit
flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful |
day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (平日) |
平 | 日 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
平日
Adverb edit
平日
- ordinarily; usually
- 太后以先帝左右,待之有恩,平日尚無惡言,今反若此,不合人情。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Tàihòu yǐ xiāndì zuǒyòu, dài zhī yǒu ēn, píngrì shàng wú èyán, jīn fǎn ruòcǐ, bùhé rén qíng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
太后以先帝左右,待之有恩,平日尚无恶言,今反若此,不合人情。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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平 | 日 |
ひら Grade: 3 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 平 (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日 (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) ひらび [hìráꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- (Tokyo) ひらび [hìrábí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [çiɾa̠bʲi]
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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平 | 日 |
へい Grade: 3 |
じつ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN