日以繼夜

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit	night
trad. (日以繼夜)		日	以	繼	夜
simp. (日以继夜)		日	以	继	夜

Etymology

From 夜以繼日／夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyǐjìyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ ji⁵ gai³ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyǐjìyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyǐjìyè
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-i³-chi⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: r̀-yǐ-jì-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyiijihyeh
    • Palladius: жиицзие (žiiczije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ ji⁵ gai³ je⁶
    • Yale: yaht yíh gai yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ ji⁵ gai³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yi⁵ gei³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jiː¹³ kɐi̯³³ jɛː²²/

Idiom

日以繼夜

1. day and night; round the clock

Synonyms

• 夜以繼日／夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì)
• (Hakka) 無晝無暗／无昼无暗
• (Hokkien) 暝拍日, 暝甲日