曜日

Chinese

		dazzle; glorious	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (曜日)		曜	日
simp. #(曜日)		曜	日
anagram		日曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàorìh
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: yàu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawryh
    • Palladius: яожи (jaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Adjective

曜日

1. (obsolete, of sunshine) shining; bright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曜	日
よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Back-formation of 月曜日(げつようび) (getsuyōbi), 火曜日(かようび) (kayōbi), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーび [yòóbí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

曜(よう)日(び) • (yōbi) ^{←えうび (eubi)?}

1. day of the week

Derived terms

• 何曜日

Related terms

• (days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.