水曜日

Chinese

		planet Mercury	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (水曜日)		水曜	日
simp. ^#(水曜日)		水曜	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐyàorì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² jiu⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyàorì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyàorìh
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-yao⁴-jih⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-yàu-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyawryh
  - Palladius: шуйяожи (šujjaoži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² jiu⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: séui yiuh yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² jiu⁶ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² yiu⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/

Noun

水曜日

(Classical) Wednesday

Synonyms

星期三 (xīngqīsān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	曜	日
すい Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative forms

（水）; ㈬; ㊌

Etymology

/suieubi/ > /suijoːbi/.

Compound of 水曜 (suiyō, “Mercury (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいよーび [sùíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[4]
IPA^(key): [sɨijo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) • (suiyōbi) ^{←すいえうび (suieubi)^?}

Wednesday

Synonyms

水曜(すいよう) (suiyō)
ウェンズデー (wenzudē)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	曜	日

Noun

水曜日 • (suyoil) (hangeul 수요일)

Hanja form^? of 수요일 (“Wednesday”).

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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